In Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Shi [2021] HCA 22 (4 August 2021), the High Court was required to determine whether a judge of the Federal...
In Maggio & Turner [2021] FamCA 466 (1 July 2021), Hartnett J dismissed a husband’s application for the winding up of a trust and sale of a...
1 October marks the International Day of Older Persons, providing an opportunity to raise awareness of the abuse of older persons in our society. Australia’s demographics...
In Mayson & Wellard [2021] FamCAFC 115 (14 July 2021), the Full Court (Strickland, Ryan & Kent JJ) allowed a de facto wife’s appeal against a declaration...
Since last October Queensland Law Society’s Trust Account Investigations team has undertaken 258 investigations. These have revealed various errors or concerns, ranging from minor infractions to...
In Secretary, Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department & Bashir [2021] FamCAFC 137 (30 July 2021), the Full Court (Strickland, Aldridge & Tree JJ) allowed an appeal from Judge...
In Oamra & Williams [2021] FamCAFC 117 (13 July 2021), the Full Court (Strickland, Watts & Sutherland JJ) dismissed with costs an appeal from a decision of...
Two solicitors have been disciplined for failing to pay their employees’ superannuation entitlements. The recent decisions of The Council of the Law Society of New South...
Self-taught artist Michael Bain is in the running to win the 2021 Brisbane Portrait Prize competition for his portrait of doctor, lawyer and lecturer Dinesh Palipana....
A former Brisbane solicitor has been struck off for professional misconduct involving the alleged misappropriation of money, including money from a deceased estate, for her personal...