by Paul Cutler | Jul 17, 2013 | Uncategorised
Back in July 2009 (when this blog was 3 posts old) I wrote about some inappropriate correspondence between solicitors. I have just come across Ezzo v Grille [2003] NSWSC 776, which, somewhat ironically, is a defamation case. The correspondence and Justice...
by Paul Cutler | Jun 27, 2013 | Uncategorised
“Disentitling conduct” is a concept that practitioners who act in family provision matters occasionally have to deal with. What it boils down to is that if someone has treated the testator badly to the point that they get left out of the will, then they...
by Paul Cutler | May 27, 2013 | Uncategorised
On my way back from court last week, I saw John Wilson protesting in Queen’s Square (again). Mr Wilson is a campaigner for the right to trial by jury and like may other crusaders he has made himself a “serial pest” in the courts. As it has been some...
by Paul Cutler | Apr 28, 2013 | Uncategorised
This month I (along with many other lawyers) received a letter from a gentleman in WA seeking pro-bono assistance to take his case to the High Court. This particular gentleman’s “beef” is that the voting compartments used at federal elections provide...
by Paul Cutler | Mar 25, 2013 | Uncategorised
The dictation test was a long standing device to exclude unwanted immigrants from Australia. If you failed the test (which could be given in any European language) then you became a “prohibited immigrant” and were subject to deportation. In 1934, the...
by Paul Cutler | Feb 25, 2013 | Uncategorised
We all know that immigration is a highly political topic. However, did you know that it always has been? Legislation dealing with immigration was amongst one of the first acts passed by the new federal parliament in 1901. Section 3 of the Immigration Restriction...
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