During his second term, US President Donald Trump has used or threatened tariffs against numerous countries in ways that blur the borders between economic and political demands and between tariffs and unilateral economic sanctions. Trump framed his sweeping “Liberation Day”
Soatini v State of New South Wales [2026] NSWSC 931 (Link to Caselaw).
The first claim
In 2022, Moana Soatini (‘the plaintiff’) commenced proceedings against the first defendant seeking damages for psychological harm resulting from sexual abuse that he
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Saunders v Vautier [1841] EWHC J82 confirmed that, where all beneficiaries of a trust are adults and not under any disability, they may require the trustee to transfer the legal estate and bring the trust to an end. This principle, known as the rule in
Spillane bht Spillane v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District [2026] NSWSC 895 (Link to Caselaw).
In a birth trauma claim, the plaintiff had served expert reports of a neonatologist (Dr McPhee) and occupational therapist and later sought leave
I have previously written about the case of Kirralie Smith. Ms Smith is part of an advocacy organisation, Binary Australia Ltd, which advocates for sex-based rights, especially for women, and sometimes posts about biological males who have been allowed
The Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW), despite its repeal over 15 years ago, continues to apply to estates where the deceased died before 1 March 2009. In these cases, family provision claims are determined under the former Act, not Chapter 3 of
Today’s correspondent from NSW says:
In the country areas, quite often volunteer firefighters respond to an incident wearing only part of their PPE, usually a jacket and helmet, having just rushed from a farming operation to get on the truck.
Recent procedural reforms in New South Wales have altered the management of probate and family provision proceedings. Practice Note SC Eq 7 requires early case management, oversight by the registrar, and stricter regulation of litigation costs. The Court of Appeal
The New South Wales Legislative Council fertility inquiry is examining difficult and practical questions about access to assisted reproductive treatment. Distance matters. Cost matters. Regulation matters. For many people trying to create a family, these are not abstract policy concerns.
