Most, if not all, victims of childhood abuse find it extremely difficult to come forward and talk about being sexually abused as a child. This can be the case for a vast array of reasons, many feel that they will be judged for what happened to them, blamed for being somehow at fault, called […]
INSOLVENCY: CROSS-BORDER CLAIMS FOREIGN DEBTS AND INSOLVENCY- WHAT IS THE STATUS OF YOUR CLAIM? The Cross-Border Insolvency legislation permits a foreign representative to commence an insolvency proceeding in Australia where the debtor is subject to a foreign proceeding. Difficulties surrounding cross-border insolvencies can result in risk and cost to businesses involved in international trade in […]
Cardinal Pell has finally appeared before the Royal Commission from Rome to respond to allegations of mishandling complaints about child sexual abuse against Catholic Church members in Melbourne The public hearing of the Royal Commission into the response of the Catholic Diocese of Ballarat and other Catholic Church authorities in Ballarat regarding allegations of child […]
A divorce or breakdown of a relationship is a difficult time but what can add further stress to the situation is trying to decide what arrangements to make for your children. The concept that the mother has primary care of the children, and therefore the children should live with her no longer exists. The Family […]
The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision in Transport Workers’ Union of Australia & Anor v ALDI Foods Pty Limited as General Partner of ALDI Stores (A Limited Partnership) [2016] FWCFB 91 issued on 22 February 2016 provides clarification of which employees may be covered by a single enterprise agreement made under the Fair Work Act […]
In the case of Stack v Searle [2015), in the Family Court of Western Australia 44 (12 June 2015), Crisford J decided that the father, Mr Stack, should have no contact with his two children due to the risk he posed to them. In October 2009 the father was sentenced to three years imprisonment upon […]
The prestigious Trinity Grammar School has been rocked by inappropriate sexualised behaviour among its Year One students. Six year old students victimising other six year olds. It has been alleged that a 6 year old instigator encouraged three other boys to take their clothes off and engage in sex acts with at least four other […]
The employment law and labour relations system in Australia is highly regulated and employers are required to deal with numerous overlapping layers of regulation. Australia is a federation of six states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia) and each state has its own law-making parliament. There are also two mainland […]
A former boarding master at the prestigious Newington College has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for child sexual abuse after one of his victims recorded him confessing his crimes. He will be eligible for parole in 12 months. In 2014, police began investigating allegations of abuse at the Newington junior boarding school and […]
On 12 January 2016 a former teacher at a private girls’ school in Hobart was sentenced to four months in jail after describing a sexual relationship with a 15 year old former student as “awesome” on Facebook. In 2011 Nicolaas Ockert Bester, aged 63, was sentenced to two years and 10 months in jail for […]
In our extensive Equestrian based practice we all too often come across issues regarding syndication. Ownership of a racehorse can be thrilling and rewarding; it can bring friends together over a mutual interest, and syndication can spread the expense to allow more people access to the sport as an owner. Unfortunately however, the recreational nature […]
There have been some interesting developments further to our article on (November 18, 2015) regarding the recommended National Redress Scheme, for Victims of Institutional Child Sex Abuse. On 29 January 2016, the Federal Government made a Commitment to creating a ‘National Approach’ for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. In recognising the importance of implementing a […]