Don’t miss the upcoming WHD / Shadforth Financial Group seminar. Hear from an expert financial planner and wills and estates lawyer about how you can plan a secure future for you and your loved ones. When: Tuesday 28 May at 5:45pm for a 6:00pm start Where: Mount Ommaney Hotel, Cnr...
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Service by Facebook
The Federal Magistrates Court in Brisbane has set a precedent by allowing an order to be served on a respondent via Facebook. This followed an oral application in a family law matter which sought an order allowing service to be affected on the respondent via social media, namely Facebook. The...
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Sperm Donor Stung With Child Support
The Kansas Department of Children and Families has demanded the sum of $6 000 in child support from an American man who donated his sperm. William Marotta answered an advertisement in 2009 to be a sperm donor for a lesbian couple wishing to have a child. Marotta provided his sperm...
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Parties Beware – False Claims Will Not Assist Your Case
by Leanne Francis The court has taken a hard stance against a mother who made ‘incredulous’ claims of sexual abuse against a father in a hotly contested custody dispute. The unfounded claims resulted in the mother not only losing custody of the three children of the relationship but also not...
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Website Infringement
by Steven Morris, Walsh Halligan Douglas Many clients have had competitors or at times unrelated parties place something on their website which is in fact owned by you. More often than not it is a photograph, an article in whole or part or indeed your or your company’s name. The...
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Sperm Donor Father Wins Sole Parental Responsibility
By Leanne Francis, Senior Associate A father who was essentially a sperm donor has won sole parental responsibility in relation to his child’s education. Additionally, the child is to live with him and spend regular time with her mother, namely three weekends of the month and one weeknight each fortnight....
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Expert pours cold water on Skins lawsuit against UCI
Article appeared in Lawyers Weekly, 7 November 2012 A leading sports lawyer has claimed Australian company Skins’ decision to sue world cycling governing body UCI for $2 million will ultimately prove unsuccessful. The sportswear maker, which has invested around $10 million into the UCI over the last five years, has...
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Why Does A Sportsperson Need A Will?
By Tom Frisby, Senior Consultant and Loan Chow, Solicitor Every person over the age of 18 years should have a current Will and Enduring Power of Attorney. Sportsmen and sportswomen, because of their activities, are more likely to suffer physical injuries and have resulting health issues and so it is...
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If The Dead Have No Rights, The Living Don’t Either
By Glen Northway, Solicitor The recent Queensland Supreme Court decision of Murison & Anor v Nominal Defendant [2012] QSC 221 considered whether dependents were able to claim for loss of dependency and services arising out of the death of the owner of an uninsured vehicle. The subject accident occurred on...
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Spousal Privilege
By Glen Northway, Solicitor, Walsh Halligan Douglas Whether it is derived from movies or television, many people are probably of the belief that if you are asked to give evidence against your husband or wife, you are entitled to refuse to do so on the basis that your evidence may...
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