The New South Wales Court of Appeal in State of New South Wales v Le [2017] NSWCA 290 has found that transport police had the power to detain a passenger for the purpose of checking that he had a valid…
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Transport police found entitled to detain passenger so as to check for valid Opal card
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Commonwealth parliamentarians disqualified by reason of s 44(i) of the Constitution
Introduction The High Court of Australia sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns in Re Canavan; Re Ludlam; Re Waters; Re Roberts [No 2]; Re Joyce; Re Nash; Re Xenophon [2017] HCA 45 has found that five members or former…
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Financial services licensee ordered to pay pecuniary penalties for breach of the FOFA reforms
Earlier this year, in Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in the matter of NSG Services Pty Ltd v NSG Services Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 345, Moshinsky J of the Federal Court of Australia had found that a financial services licensee…
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No contract found to arise from terms agreed at mediation for the transfer of real property
In Al Azhari v 27 Scott Street Pty Ltd [2017] VSC 600, Almond J of the Supreme Court of Victoria has held that no contract arose from mediation terms providing for the transfer of real property which had been agreed…
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Proceedings dismissed for failure to pay security for costs
Under r 51.50(1) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), the New South Wales Court of Appeal may, in special circumstances, order that such security as the Court thinks fit be given for costs of an appeal. Rule 51.50(2A)…
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