I finally got some time to make some changes to the blog over the weekend.Originally, I installed a fair few hacks and tweaks to make it work they way I wanted. But all that tinkering was causing problems, with a long load-time for the site, and even occasional freezes for no apparent reason.Plus, I was …
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RTF or PDF, please
Supreme Court Practice Note 9 of 2011 was signed last month. It replaces Practice Notes No 3 of 2004 and No 1 of 2006.The Note lends increased legitimacy to medium neutral citations and might even help to reduce the amount of unnecessary photocopying that goes on. It also draws attention to the preference for Rich …
Getting AROUND
Hat tip to Lauren K at Legal Research Rescue, a useful (if occasional) source of information about new techniques for legal research. We've referred to her site here before, but not for a while. It has many quick tips to help the non-tech savvy find what they are looking for, like this simple one about …
Licence restoration
The Magistrates' Court of Victoria has useful online information for someone getting their licence back after losing it for an offence under s 49 of the Road Safety Act 1986. By plugging your details into a tick-and-flick you can go to court knowing what the likely outcome will be.Some driver education courses apparently stress the …
Legal citations at La Trobe
I've mentioned this before, but a tip as useful as this is worth repeating. Perhaps I've just got used to it over time, but I haven't found anything nearly as user friendly for getting me to the search engine I need for the law report series I am after.Bookmark the On-line Case Law page of …