by Claire Stratton | Jan 24, 2023 | Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
On 19 January 2023 the Federal Government released a discussion paper seeking submissions for options to promote transparency of child sex offenders’ financial means to honour compensation orders and to prevent the use of legal loopholes to hide assets. Spurred by... by Tom Drake | Jul 19, 2022 | Litigation, Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
Photo by Nico Smit on Unsplash The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Lismore v GLJ [2022] NSWCA 78 (‘Lismore Trust v GLJ’) On 1 June 2022 the New South Wales Court of Appeal permanently stayed an historical child abuse proceeding. Facts The... by Claire Stratton | Feb 10, 2022 | Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
Case update – DP v Bird [2021] VSC 850 (22 December 2021) Just before Christmas, the Supreme Court of Victoria handed down a landmark decision concerning vicarious liability. In Australia the doctrine of vicarious liability applies where an employer is liable for the... by Steph Chafer | Dec 22, 2021 | Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
A recent case in the Federal Court of Australia highlights the importance of Government agencies’ model litigant obligations, and the consequences of failing to abide by them. Summary of matter Scholes v Commonwealth of Australia [2021] FCA 1593 involved an... by Steph Chafer | Jul 19, 2021 | Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
Amendments to the Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (‘the Act’) in 2015 saw the introduction of division 5 into part IIA which removed the limitation period for actions arising out of death or personal injury resulting from child abuse. Included within division 5,... by Steph Chafer | Jul 4, 2021 | Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
The two year review conducted by Ms Robyn Kurk AO found that the Scheme is not fulfilling the trauma informed objectives designed to assist survivors – citing its bureaucratic slowness, inconsistent and non-transparent decision making, and impersonal and...