Have you breached your AVO? In Australia, an apprehended violence order (AVO) is a legal mechanism that looks to protect a person (protected person) from another person who is a risk to their safety. Often otherwise referred to as an Intervention Order, Restraining Order, Protection Order, Domestic Violence Order or a Family Violence Order, an […]
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Making a will provides an essential protection for individuals and their assets. Each and every person, no matter how big or small, has a pool of assets and liabilities that they want to protect. This may be because they want to gift their children, partners, spouses, parents, relatives, friends, etc, with their assets or they
What is assault occasioning actual bodily harm in NSW? The criminal offence of “assault occasioning actual bodily harm” refers to an act in which one person, either recklessly or intentionally, causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful violence, and “actual bodily harm” results. “Actual bodily harm” has a broad definition, which includes “hurt or injury that
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Australia backs out of contract with French company Naval Group In 2016, Australia signed a contract with French company Naval Group to supply Australia with 12 diesel-electric Barracuda submarines over a 25 year period. In mid-September 2021, Australia unceremoniously withdrew from its contract with France and signed a new defence treaty with the United Kingdom
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Defamation Claim Successfully Defended Our principal solicitor and team of barristers settled a defamation claim against our client. The matter was listed for hearing at the District Court of NSW this month with an estimate of 4 days (meaning significant legal costs!). The case was prepared in such a way that (in our view) placed pressure on
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A group of workers made up of teachers, health and construction workers have unsuccessfully challenged the Health Minister, Brad Hazzard’s vaccine mandate, in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The public health orders require teachers, aged care workers and health care workers to be vaccinated within a set timeframe to be able to enter
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In an unusual move, the State Government has given drivers in New South Wales a one-off reprieve from double demerit points. David Elliot, the Police Minister announced the reprieve was to provide lockdown citizens a break, especially since travel around New South Wales was suspended. Double demerit points were introduced in 1997 as part of
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Premier of NSW retires The first female premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, announced her retirement as Premier and from Parliament on 1 October 2021. The announcement came after the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced it was formally investing the Premier’s alleged involvement in a grant sought by her then partner Daryl Maguire. It
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Australian Citizenship & ‘Exceptional People’ Rule There are a number of avenues to becoming an Australian citizen. The one thing they all have in common is that an applicant cannot leave Australia for more than 12 months in the four years prior to lodging their application and an applicant must be in Australia when the
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NSW Ends Paper Certificates of Title | eCT & Conveyancing NSW will officially kill off hard copy Certificates of Title On 11 October 2021, New South Wales will officially kill off hard copy Certificates of Title. All lodgements for certificates will be completed electronically and the hard copy certificate will be cancelled and replaced with
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