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May 15, 2012 Leave a comment
The Federal Magistrates Court Rules have recently been amended to include a new requirement when parties are seeking that parenting orders be made by consent in Chambers. This is set out in Rule 13.04A. Read more of this post
May 3, 2012 Leave a comment
The recent decision in Sacks v Klein [2011] VSC 451 considered the well known distinction between joint tenancy and tenancy in common and the impact of the death of a co-owner. It confirmed that whilst co-owners may be registered as joint tenants (legal joint tenants) equity may nevertheless impose an equitable tenancy in common by way of a trust. Read more of this post
May 3, 2012 Leave a comment
Storytelling
Lawyers like to say the law is about stories, but I’m not so sure anymore. The last few contracts I drafted were lacking in narrative. In fact, my whole precedent collection is starting to look unoriginal. With clients shaping up to be characters as memorable as their ABNs, my law-story feels tired, like just another page of the Australian Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents that hasn’t been updated since 1992.
So when my local library offered a free storytelling workshop called “sell me a Story”, I signed up straight away. Read more of this post
