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Disqualified senator not eligible to be included in a special count

Introduction The High Court of Australia sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns in Re Kakoschke-Moore [2018] HCA 10 has held that a senator who was disqualified by reason of the foreign citizenship provisions of s 44(i) of the Commonwealth

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Offices of mayor and councillor found not to be offices of profit under the Crown within s 44(iv)

Introduction The High Court of Australia sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns in Re Lambie [2018] HCA 6 has found that the offices of mayor and councillor of a local government corporation under the Local Government Act 1993 (Tas)

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Deceased’s former spouse was not a natural object of testamentary recognition

Introduction The New South Wales Court of Appeal in Lodin v Lodin [2017] NSWCA 327 has found that the former spouse of a deceased person had not established any factors warranting her making a family provision application under Ch 3

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Candidate for disqualified senator’s place is herself disqualified from being elected as a senator

Introduction The High Court of Australia sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns in Re Nash [No 2] [2017] HCA 52 has found that the candidate who was proposed to fill the vacancy in the Senate following the disqualification of

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Statutory will authorised to be made for person on life support

Introduction The Supreme Court of New South Wales in Re LS [2017] NSWSC 1667 has, on an urgent application by the de facto partner of a person on life support, authorised the making of a statutory will on the person’s

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