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If you go skydiving or hot air ballooning and tragedy strikes, who can you sue? The tour operator? In a unique unfolding case the Bureau of Meteorology is being sued.
What is a planning permit and do I need one?
Buyer beware: watch out for these legal traps when buying a new business
Convicted terrorist to stay in jail on continuing detention order. And sacked climate change skeptic to get his day in High Court
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The High Court of Australia has upheld the Continuing Detention Order for convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika. Even though his fifteen year sentence is over, he is deemed to pose an ongoing threat and he remains in detention. Also, the High Court has agreed to hear the case of
Taking a tack on de-fence
Queensland's outlaw bikie exit scheme. And international divorce property dispute can be heard in Australia
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Queensland Police has launched an exit scheme to help outlaw motor cycle gang members break away from their clubs. It’s the first venture of this kind in Australia. And the High Court has ruled that issues around property division and maintenance can be heard in an Australian court, even
Can I enforce an unregistered restrictive covenant?
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In Paragreen v Lim Group Holdings P/L [2020] VSCA 84, the Court of Appeal (Tate, Kaye and Niall JJA) examined whether the respondent could enforce an unregistered restrictive covenant over a laneway against registered proprietors of land which included part of the laneway.
Background facts
The applicants were the registered proprietors of a property in
Legal side of buying
Can you be sacked if you refuse a COVID-19 vaccine? And is neglecting an overdosed friend a crime?
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Two recent unfair dismissal cases may provide some insight into whether employers can sack workers who refuse a COVID-19 vaccination. Also, a recent decision in the NSW Court of Appeal upholds a manslaughter conviction involving a failure to help a friend who needed urgent medical help.
Can you be sacked if you refuse a COVID-19 vaccine? And is neglecting an overdosed friend a crime?
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Two recent unfair dismissal cases may provide some insight into whether employers can sack workers who refuse a COVID-19 vaccination. Also, a recent decision in the NSW Court of Appeal upholds a manslaughter conviction involving a failure to help a friend who needed urgent medical help.