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The oldest profession

July 28, 2010 – 8:15 pm

No, I’m not talking about that kind of solicitor, I’m talking about the other kind of solicitor. The one who tells you what the law is. You may think you can shake us off, but the evidence shows we’ve been around for a lo-o-o-ong time, at least 3700 years. Researchers from the Hebrew University of [...]

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More duty to restrain drink drivers

November 13, 2009 – 6:32 am

I did a post at the beginning of the year on the liability of publicans to restrain drunk patrons from driving home. To recap briefly: a drunken patron (Mr Scott) died after his motorcycle crashed, and his wife sued the licensee for failing to restrain him. A majority of the Full Court of the Supreme [...]

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Defamation for dummies

April 1, 2009 – 6:43 pm

In light of the recent publication of photos purportedly showing a semi-naked Pauline Hanson, we thought it was time to learn a thing or two about the law of defamation. The law of defamation not only has ramifications for newspapers, but also for blogs. Main Entry: de·fa·ma·tion Pronunciation: “de-f&-’mA-sh&n Function: noun 1 : communication to [...]

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A tort of invasion of privacy for Australia?

March 17, 2009 – 11:48 pm

I only started properly paying attention to the ‘Pauline Hanson pictures’ scandal after reading Iain Hall’s post on whether or not the pictures do actually depict Hanson. I should add that I’m linking to Iain’s post in large part because he’s been careful to crop the image and do a proper analysis ‘for the purposes [...]

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