Edit: Kay had a further (unsuccessful) attempt to overturn his status as a vexatious litigant in Kay v Attorney-General for the State of Victoria (No 2) [2010] VSCA 27.Last month Dr Manhattan discussed vexatious litigants and Stephen Warne's post on the topic.Today, the Human Rights Law Resource Centre also posted about Kay v Attorney-General & …
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The Australian Professional Liability Blog mentioned a couple of useful online resources yesterday. (I'm chuffed to mention this blog also got a mention!)I recommend you check them out and either subscribe to or bookmark the ones you find useful:The Criminal Law Survival Kit, by NSW Public Defender John Stratton. I like his broad division of …
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about public nuisance. I guess your experience is similar to mine: we're seeing more common law offences in summary proceedings in the wake of the amendments to permit their summary determination.The recent G20 summit in London highlights some of the powers provided by the common law — and …