The brothel was insured under a specialised Adult Industry Insurance Policy which provided cover against property damage.

The Court upheld the firm's right to dismiss the employee, who refused to follow the employer's management direction.

The employee claimed her employer was negligent by structuring the work in a way that exposed her to the risk of injury.

Assets owned by a company or a trust will not form part of your estate so cannot be left by you to anybody in your Will.

The property buyer did not consent to the vendors' termination of the contract, so he lodged a caveat over the property.

The ATO Commissioner alleged that the declarations amounted to an "alienation of property" designed to defraud creditors.

The recent sight of a politician trying to make a citizen's arrest during a television interview raises legal questions.

In Australia, pets are legally defined as property, like a car, house or chair, so they are unable to inherit assets.

You might want to help your children or grandchildren now, rather than leaving them your assets later, in your will.

Most household and content insurance policies provide insurance cover if you negligently injure someone within Australia.

One of the directors claimed he was not liable as he did not sign the documents – the signatures were allegedly forged.

The NSW hospital discharged the mentally ill patient, who killed his friend on their journey back home to Victoria.

In NSW and Queensland, residents in a block of apartments need body corporate permission to keep pets in their home.

Marriage revokes a will, so recognition under Australian law of same sex marriages suggests that the will may be revoked.

Travellers who book accommodation online and are injured overseas may have a right to compensation from various sources.

Companies should be aware of increased penalties for privacy breaches relating to consumer rights and sending of emails.

The prosecution argued that the offender had committed the offence of supplying prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis.

An adopted child has the same rights as if the child was born to the adoptive parent.

Discusses recent case where Dad took legal action against Mum, seeking interim orders binding the parties in relation to the school that their daughter would attend.

Good example of the relevance of public policy in the crafting of legislation & in the way that such legislation is applied.