by Steph Chafer | May 23, 2021 | Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
Lucciano (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 12 (9 February 2021) – http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2021/12.html The Victorian Court of Appeal recently overturned convictions relating to an historical sexual assault case, for the perceived and... by Claire Stratton | Apr 27, 2021 | Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
Coming into effect today ( 26 April 2021) are important amendments to prior settlement of claims subject to Part IIA Division 5 of the Limitations Act 1958 (Vic) (the Act). Section 27OA of the Act allowed claimants who settled their matters by deed or court order...
by nevettford | Jun 4, 2020 | Litigation, Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
On Tuesday 26 May 2020, Judge Chana Miriam Lomp of the Jerusalem District Court ruled Malka Leifer, former principal of the ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel School in Melbourne who stands accused of sexually abusing a number of her students, mentally fit to stand trial....
by nevettford | May 26, 2020 | Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
Various forms of lockdown have brought many of us to a ‘liminal space’. Limen is the Latin word for ‘threshold’, the space in-between. One might find themselves in a liminal space upon being thrust by life circumstances from where they once were to a place...
by nevettford | May 26, 2020 | Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
From 11.59pm on 31 May 2020 restrictions on gatherings at places of worship and ceremonies will be eased: Private worship or small religious ceremonies can be held for up to 20 people. Weddings – 20 people in addition to the celebrant and couple being married...
by nevettford | Apr 16, 2020 | Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
The Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme (“the Scheme”) began its’ inquiry in March 2020 with a series of public hearings in locations around Australia. “The hearings will provide a range of opportunities for...
