Journal Articles, Publications & Reports
Journal Articles, Publications & Reports
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Improving Victoria’s whistleblowing regime: a review of the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 (Vic): June 2017
The third report of the Victorian Parliament’s Independent Broad‑based Anti‑corruption Commission Committee (IBACC), Improving Victoria’s whistleblowing regime: a review of…
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What if your sham contractor overpays?
Linkhill Pty Ltd v The Director of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate [2015] HCA Trans 340 (11 December 2015)
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May 2015 Commbar newsletter Setting aside a will due to absence of knowledge and approval by James Catlin
Important decision on the requirements of setting aside a will on the grounds that the testator did not know or…
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COMMBAR - Follow the Golden Rule - PROPERTY AND PROBATE · MAY 12, 2015 · BY JAMES D CATLIN
This was an appeal from a judgement of the trial judge that the last will of the deceased not be…
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November 2103 CommBar newsletter – VCAT jurisdiction extends to franchisesNovember 2013 re Subway Systems Australia v Ireland [2013] VSC 550 (Croft J.)
The Supreme Court of Victoria has ruled that VCAT is not a court for the purposes of s.8 of the…
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July 2013 CommBar newsletter – VLRC inquiry into succession law – Family Provision
In 2012 the Victorian Law reform commission (“VLRC”) commenced a review into Victoria succession laws and in particular the subjects…
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September, 2011 Commbar newsleter case note – Family Provision – Wood & Anor v McLean & Anor [2010] VSC 550 (8 December 2010)
ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE – Deceased transferred property to daughter during his lifetime – Deceased‟s other children claim transfer was unconscionable – Other children…
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Newstatesman - John Pilger on how WikiLeaks defies the “war on hi-tech terror”
A London court has given Swedish authorities the green light to extradite Julian Assange.Judge Howard Riddle of the London Magistrate's…
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Lawyers Weekly - Assange to be extradited 25 February 2011
A London court has given Swedish authorities the green light to extradite Julian Assange.Judge Howard Riddle of the London Magistrate's…
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Lawyers Weekly - Assange barrister slams Swedish authorities 15 Dec 2010
A Melbourne barrister who introduced Julian Assange to Geoffrey Robertson QC has accused Swedish authorities of deliberately misleading the courts.James…
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Australians give support to WikiLeaks' Assange - James Catlin
James Catlin is a Melbourne-based barrister who has previously acted for Julian Assange. He describes the Swedish government's handling of…
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Herald Sun - Sweden's reputation is on trial in Julian Assange case by James Catlin
APPARENTLY having consensual sex in Sweden without a condom is punishable by a term of imprisonment of a minimum of…
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Julian Assange's former lawyer says allegations are nonsense
Melbourne-based Barrister, James Catlin, who previously acted for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange tells 720's Geoff Hutchison that the evidence behind…
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Assange Rape Allegations have no basis Crikey.com.au 3 December, 2010.
It is not Julian Assange that is on trial here but Sweden and its reputation as a modern and model…
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Consumers Benefit from Transparency, Law Institute Journal, February 2005
Proposed changes to the Fair Trading Act strengthen the position of consumers when it comes to dealing with "unfair" contracts.…
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Pedestrian Contributory Negligence, The Plaintiff Journal, December 2003
The factors that determine the existence and degree of contributory negligence in any tortious situation are as endlessly varied as…
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Art or Science: TAC v Lincoln [2003] VSCA 67, The Plaintiff Journal, August 2003
The Victorian Court of Appeal has overturned an emerging body of case law allowing for the liberal measurement of physical…
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