ON 26 AUGUST 2014, the NSW Parliament enacted the Disability Inclusion Act 2014 (NSW).
The Act is described as: “An Act relating to the accessibility of mainstream services and facilities, the promotion of community inclusion and the provision of funding, support and services for people with disability; and for other purposes”.
The Act will commence on a day or days to be proclaimed.
Sydney, Australia
1300 00 2088
ON 26 AUGUST 1993, the Federal Court of Australia delivered Trade Practices Commission v Service Station Association Limited [1993] FCA 405; (1993) Atpr 41-260 (1993) 116 ALR 643 (1993) 44 FCR 206 (26 August 1993).
Section 45 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) prohibits a corporation from making or giving effect to contracts, arrangements or understandings in restraint of trade. The court held that an arrangement or understanding does not necessarily require an element of mutual commitment but, in practice, reciprocity of obligation would ordinarily be assumed by the other party.
Sydney, Australia
1300 00 2088
ON 26 AUGUST 1993, the High Court of Australia delivered Cheatle v R [1993] HCA 44; (1993) 177 CLR 541 (26 August 1993).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1993/44.html
South Australian law allowed for a majority verdict of 10 or 11 jurors. Mr and Mrs Cheatle were convicted by a majority verdict of a South Australian jury for the indictable offence of conspiracy to defraud the Commonwealth. The High Court allowed an appeal, holding that s80 of the Constitution required unanimous verdicts for Commonwealth indictable offences. A new trial was ordered.
Sydney, Australia
1300 00 2088
ON 26 AUGUST 1937, the High Court of Australia delivered Victoria Park Racing & Recreation Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor [1937] HCA 45; (1937) 58 CLR 479 (26 August 1937).
There is no general right of privacy at common law.
There is no property in a spectacle.
Copyright does not provide an exclusive right to state or to describe particular facts.
1300 00 2088
ON 26 AUGUST 1846, the UK Parliament passed the Fatal Accidents Act 1846, also known as Lord Campbell’s Act.
Close relatives of a person killed by the wrongdoing of another were entitled by this Act to recover damages that the common law did not previously allow. The provision has been legislated in common law jurisdictions around the world. The Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 (NSW) introduced similar provisions in New South Wales.
Sydney, Australia
1300 00 2088
Alzheimer’s Australia has produced Is it Dementia – a resource for recognising the signs of dementia. For additional information about Dementia go to http://isitdementia.com.au/information.html.
Sydney, Australia
1300 00 2088
The Law Society of NSW has released the Costs Guidebook 6th Edition. Law Society members may download a free pdf version.
For more information go to Costs Guidebook
1300 00 2088
Legal Helpdesk Lawyers 