News, Updates and information from and about Smokeball.
December 16, 2011 Leave a comment
As the year draws to a close I’d like to sincerely thank all of you who have purchased my suites, precedents and practice guides. You have made it a good year for me as a Smokeball author and I am grateful to you for that. Thank you too for showing up to my MCLE seminars at the State Legal Conferences this year. Read more of this post
December 6, 2011 Leave a comment
For those who don’t know you, can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
I am an American-trained lawyer who has been practicing in New South Wales for nearly 10 years – it’s hard to remember working anywhere else! Our family moved to Sydney from Brooklyn, New York, because we thought our son would have a better and gentler childhood growing up in Australia – and he has!! We live in Turramurra with our two Labrador retrievers, Rage and Maddy – my main hobby seems to be walking the dogs! I like American sports and am quite athletic myself but even after being in Australia for as long as I have I still don’t know the rules of rugby or what a “try” is!!! Don’t ask me about cricket either, I don’t know anything! Read more of this post
December 6, 2011 2 Comments
When I’m not busy Googling myself, I like to flip through the pages of the Law Society Journal … looking for myself. Recently, I spotted an ad for a play by writer, producer, and fellow lawyer Tony Laumberg. I noted with interest that Find Me A Lawyer would be his eleventh annual production of “fun and frivolity” with a legal hook. Eleven plays! Read more of this post
December 5, 2011 Leave a comment
The perils of carrying out development activities without required development consent have again been highlighted by the outcome of a recently concluded prosecution in the Land and Environment Court, Cessnock City Council v Bimbadgen Estate Pty Ltd (2011) NSWLEC 140. Read more of this post
December 5, 2011 Leave a comment
The law is objective – based on principles enunciated in cases and set out in legislation, but clients want subjective answers to their immediate problems. Nowhere is this more evident than the simple legal environment of the common or garden conveyancing transaction. It’s easy for the law to proclaim that the property includes fixtures, but not chattels. What the client wants to know is – is the dishwasher a fixture or a chattel? Read more of this post
