Archive for February 2017
NEW EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL SYSTEM PROMISES GREATER EFFICIENCY
A new streamlined system for the South Australian Employment Tribunal (SAET) will be introduced from 1 July 2017. It will increase the spectrum of employment related cases that can be heard by SAET. The current set-up The Fair Work Commission, which oversees the national workplace relations system, can hear cases that concern employment in the…
Read MoreFAMILY LAW: COURSES AND INFORMATION SESSIONS
Family law issues can be really stressful. If you’re separating or divorcing, there are property issues to settle. There are also parenting issues to agree, living arrangements to sort out, and let’s not get started on who gets to keep the pets. Even if you and your ex-partner can agree on most things, the experience…
Read MoreCAR ACCIDENT: “IT WASN’T MY FAULT, SO WHY AM I LIABLE?”
If my car is rear-ended in a chain collision, how can it be my fault? If I hit a car that pulls out in front of me when they were supposed to give way isn’t it their fault? The question of who is responsible for a car accident is not always straightforward. This was shown…
Read MoreWHAT CAN YOU DO IF AN EXECUTOR ISN’T DOING THEIR JOB? – PART II
In the first instalment of our series on duties of executors, we looked at the circumstances in which a single executor of a deceased estate could be removed. In this article, we discuss a case that dealt with an estate with two executors. When one executor frustrated the probate process, the Court was required to…
Read MoreINTERVENTION ORDERS: WHEN CAN THEY BE MADE?
When a man successfully appealed against a final intervention order, it raised some important questions about the rights of defendants to oppose intervention orders. Background The man was having an affair with a woman who was married with two children. On a number of occasions, he had questioned her about whether she was still involved…
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