Introduction of Pay Secrecy Provisions which prohibit pay secrecy clauses
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Employment Agreements Need Review
General employment protections are much in the news, recent changes to the Fair Work Act mean that e...
Trainee interviews: prepare yourself for success
Trainee interviews: prepare yourself for success Wisewould Mahony recently interviewed candidate...
How sentencing works in Australia
How sentencing works in Australia - why do courts prefer the instinctive synthesis method? The no...
Liquor Licensing – “Control the Controllables”
When advising clients and industry stakeholders in relation to compliance with the Liquor Control Re...
What’s the time? Reflections on calculating dates in personal injury law in Victoria.
This year I split my summer leave into two blocks over January and February. Safe to say I’ve just e...
Acting as an Executor
Acting as an Executor can seem like a daunting task, particularly if it’s your first time being appo...
Minister for the Environment v Sharma [2022] FCAFC 35: a novel duty of care?
Established duties of care according to tort law include doctor to patient, employer to employee and...
De facto Relationships
What you need to know It may be evident to many couples that they are living in a de facto relati...
Colagrande v Kim [2022] FCA
A recent Federal Court case shows that it is possible to identify and sue authors of ‘anonymous’ onl...
Not ‘directly caused by the driving’
The Court of Appeal has again considered the definition of ‘transport accident’ contained in the Tra...
May it please the court
Most of us have perfected the Zoom wave over the last few years, even at virtual court you might hav...
PROPRIOTERY ESTOPPEL IN ESTATE LITIGTAION
Estoppel is a judicial doctrine existing in various common law jurisdictions. Its purpose is to a...
IS THAT REALLY FAIR?
Considerations upon a demand for unfair preferences When a client receives a letter from a Liquid...
It’s super important
One of the most common questions I get asked by estate planning clients is if they should make a dea...
Modern ANTI-SLAVERY Legislation
MODERN ANTI-SLAVERY LEGISLATION According to the International Labour Organization, an estimated...
Divorce, what you need to know
Separation and Divorce When a marriage comes to an end, how do you begin the process of...
Blunt and to the point
SMYBB PTY LTD v Stephen Young: Blunt but to the point By Dominic Cook and Belinda Zilavec, Wisewo...
UNCONSCIONABLE LENDING
STUBBINGS V JAMS 2 PTY LTD & ORS [2022] HCA 6 In this case the High Court unanimously overtu...
VICTORIA’S HIGHEST COURT CONDEMNS MINIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCING
Law students are taught that criminal sentencing is said to be an instinctive synthesis, identifying...
Pro bono at Wisewould Mahony
Wisewould Mahony has a burgeoning pro bono practice, driven by the primary objective of assisting di...
An Update to Electronic Signing in Victoria
The Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Act 2022 (“the Act”) was enacted on 22 February...
A simple ‘No’ – set-off no longer available as a defence to an unfair preference claim
On 16 December 2021, in the decision of Gavin Morton As Liquidator Of MJ Woodman Electrical Contract...
Not Finalising a Divorce
Why finalising your divorce is important when making a new Will. One in three marriages in Austra...