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Dormer Stanhope is a specialist commercial law firm comprising former partners & senior lawyers of large, top-tier Australian & international law firms.
10/10/2020
Transgender daughter left out of will receives $3.225 million On 22 March 2017, a 93-year-old Jewish man died. He had two adult children and one was a biological born male who identified as transgender. In his will, the deceased left the daughter out of his will. The daughter applied to the Supreme Court of Victoria for a family provision order.
31/03/2020
Who thinks shopping at fashion stores such as H&M and Uniqlo is a reasonable excuse to leave your place of residence?
Have you arrived in Australia in the past 24 hours and been subjected to the new quarantine laws, yet do not display any symptoms of COVID-19? If so, and you remain quarantined by the Australian government, please contact us urgently to discuss your legal rights.
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26/03/2020
Can you rely on a force majeure clause in the current Coronavirus outbreak? Generally, most force majeure clauses in contracts do not list serious viral outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics as causes of an force majeure event. As such, if a party is going to rely on the force majeure clause, they would need to determine whether the Coronavirus outbreak falls within a general d
20/12/2017
Female representation on ASX200 boards on track for 2018 target (30%): http://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/board-diversity/mixed-news-in-latest-report-on-progress-to-30-per-cent-target #.WjmrS0c2PV4.email
Mixed News in Latest Report on Progress to 30% Target The September-November 2017 Quarterly Diversity Report shows that female representation across ASX 200 Boards has hit 26%.
26/11/2017
A novel remedy (and just 10 years in the making!) - USA to***co companies ordered to publish ads detailing the dangers and addictive quality of smoking by USA Federal Court:
Big to***co forced to run a year of ads admitting smoking kills Big to***co is forced to run advertisements saying that smoking kills, and ci******es are intentionally designed to get people addicted.
20/11/2017
Something to keep an eye on in an age of digital information: NSW Ambulance Officers sue over release of details
Ambulance staff sue over their medical files being sold to lawyers "I'm furious. When I drive past an ambulance which is meant to be 'the most trusted profession', I find myself sticking my finger up.
20/11/2017
PM Malcolm Turnbull delays a sitting week of parliament:
'As long as it takes': Turnbull government delays Parliament to deal with marriage, citizenship The Turnbull government has taken the unusual step of delaying a parliamentary sitting, citing the need to pass same-sex marriage laws and deal with the citizenship fiasco.
19/11/2017
Something interesting for your Monday morning wanderlust - the copyright laws affecting some of the world's most iconic structures - including the Eiffel Tower (but only at night!)
Copyright Laws Make Photographs of the Eiffel Tower at Night Illegal We look at copyright law and why taking photographs of certain monuments, like the Eiffel Tower at night, are illegal, as well as freedom of panorama law.
31/10/2017
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29/10/2017
On Friday Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash were found to be ineligible for election - does this have any effect on the work Parliament has done this term? Maybe:
Labor says more than 100 decisions by Joyce and Nash could be challenged Opposition claims relocation of APVMA, the regional NBN and mobile blackspot program open to challenge
26/10/2017
In VERY exciting news, the High Court will deliver its judgment on the this afternoon - stay tuned!
See what will happen if the High Court kicks out the Citizenship Seven today The High Court will soon deliver its ruling.
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