Beware the self-serving press release, warns Supreme Court of Victoria
In the over sharing era, it seems you need a press release to prove something happened. The opening of an envelope calls for a press release.…
How to survive a political dinner party by pretending you’ve read #Citizenship7 judgment
The weekend is upon us and the news is in. Five of seven Parliamentarians, some more well known to us than others, have just been disqualified…
‘Special K’ trade mark dispute grabs headlines, but what about ‘The Big Kokk’?
In 2015, Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis was riding high. Only 19 years old, he’d made it into the Top 100, and his prodigious talent was…
Is the ‘pain and suffering’ of Fyre Festival attendees legally worth $100 million?
Recently, a small, exclusive group of taut, fit looking young people with large disposable incomes attended the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas. They could have gone…
Now for the Court of Appeal: What we can expect next in O’Brien & Kavanagh cobalt case
On 13 April 2017, Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) announced it had sought leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria from the…
Let there be no mistake: VCAT decision on O’Brien, Kavanagh is not a technical one
For the last two years, trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh have fought charges laid against them by Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) arising from prohibited cobalt…
Grant Hackett media coverage: Ethics a distant second in the fight for eyeballs on screens
Much of the recent media coverage of Grant Hackett’s health issues was neither appropriate nor in the public interest. One can accept that there was news value, at…
Rejection of du Plessis’ ball-tampering appeal is a ripper of a read
This year, the Boxing Day Test between Australia and Pakistan in Melbourne was interrupted by at least 460 rain breaks, hot humidity and, given the weather conditions, an insight for…
Learning about James Edelman, Australia’s first Generation X High Court judge
Barristers love speculating about the identity of the next High Court judge. With Chief Justice French shortly to retire, a Positions Vacant sign hung prominently over…
The joke’s on you – How a horse transport company learnt that if you don’t have a contract, you don’t get a cheque
The racing industry is not known for loving its paperwork. We set the scene of a recent example about ‘what can go wrong’ in the world…
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