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Christmas is almost here again and most people will be looking forward to enjoying a well earned break. Unfortunately for some, one thing that does not take much time off over Christmas is the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (the Act). Apart from public holidays, weekends and the days between Christmas and New Year, the time for providing payment schedules and adjudication responses continues to run.

Wrongful conviction occurs when a person is convicted for a crime they did not commit.

Costs order against appellant who failed to provide adequate disclosure and was late in withdrawing their appeal.

A driver of a motor vehicle owes a duty of care to their passengers and other road users, including cyclists.

Analysis of recent Duty of Care case.

The errors amounted to a miscarriage of justice – quashing the conviction and remitting the matter for redetermination.

The question of vicarious liability in the context of nonemployment relationships has been a key issue confronting courts dealing with institutional sexual abuse claims.

There is now potential for the High Court to give some much needed guidance on the application of the laws on penalties.

Court orders required the respondents to cease providing temporary accommodation for campervans and tents on the land.

Thousands of additional victim-survivors may now be eligible to apply for compensation under the National Redress Scheme.

Corporate risk in Australia is increasingly defined by the aligned issues of regulatory compliance and the threat of class action litigation.

A worrying development for directors and officers following recent events is that some insurers have sought to decline to advance defence costs, merely upon an unproven allegation of dishonest or fraudulent behaviour.

The court's power to make an order for security for costs is discretionary and considers all relevant circumstances.

Network Ten is appealing decision that compels Ten to sell its shares in TX Australia to Nine and Seven for one dollar.

The modern trend is towards cleaner simpler writing and less capitalisation, so perhaps lawyers should prefer lower case.

When a party has achieved a ‘result’ but not a judgment, the party will not be entitled to recover costs.

The appropriate way to a just, quick and cheap resolution of asbestos-related claims is a no-fault compensation scheme.