Cory Bernardi’s #AC100: infuriating for ‘nominated’ musicians, but unlawful?
Many of us consider ourselves Aussie rock stars, on the inside anyway. Even if our work was not co-opted by Cory Bernardi for his #AC100 list,…
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.…
What the Court of Appeal decision in Kavanagh and O’Brien means
The long awaited Court of Appeal judgment has been delivered in the Mark Kavanagh and Danny O’Brien cobalt saga. Or more accurately, three judgments have been…
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…
Rebel Wilson $4.5M damages award might not survive an appeal
I am not confident that Justice Dixon’s judgment awarding Rebel Wilson $4,567,472 in damages for defamation by Bauer Media would survive an appeal. The general damages…
‘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…
African braids: When did multi-cultural become ‘cultural appropriation’?
I have worn African braids (the term as advertised) twice now over summer. Once was during a period of career change, and the other when on…
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…
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