In a recent case before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the applicant firm, Gadens, represented Mr Sherwin in various business transactions. Subsequently, Mr Sherwin was convicted of...
The Duties Act 2001 reintroduced death duties in Queensland from 1 March 2002. This has been confirmed by two public rulings issued by the Commissioner of...
Queensland Supreme Court judge Justice Helen Bowskill has been appointed as the court’s new Senior Judge Administrator. Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Shannon Fentiman congratulated Justice...
A Sunshine Coast judge has re-sentenced and fixed an actual parole release date for a prisoner rather than refer the matter to Parole Board Queensland (PBQ)...
Queensland’s Children’s Court chief judge has overturned “excessive’’ sentences handed to two children by a Richlands Children’s Court magistrate for relatively “minor’’ crimes. In one case,...
The Immigrant Women’s Support Service (IWSS), a specialist sexual assault and domestic violence support service, aims to raise awareness on the issue of consent and sexual...
In Fisher [2021] FamCA 236 (26 April 2021) Williams J heard an application by a father to discharge the appointment of an independent children’s lawyer (ICL)....
A valedictory ceremony to honour Queensland Supreme Court Justice and Senior Court Administrator Ann Lyons has been scheduled for Friday 20 August. The ceremony will recognise...
In Amery & Kedrina [2021] FamCAFC 79 (25 May 2021) the Full Court considered a wife’s appeal after her second application to set aside property orders...
Steps taken by the Australian Government to reinstate temporary measures that will allow companies to use technology to meet regulatory requirements to hold general meetings, distribute...