Earlier this month, the New South Wales Supreme Court in Australia ordered costs against an employer which funded an employee’s defence of restraint proceedings instigated by his former employer.
HRX Pty Ltd v Scott is the latest in a series
Variety no Longer the Spice of Life for Mel B
In a recent New South Wales decision, the Supreme Court of Australia found that television company Seven Network (Operations) Limited (Seven) was entitled to final injunctive relief against UK former Spice Girl Mel B(rown), who sought to work on
Two Passengers Overboard From Carnival Spirit Cruise Ship
Newspapers in Australia are reporting that two passengers disappeared from a Carnival cruise ship. A 26-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man were unaccounted for when the cruise ship docked in Sydney Harbor today.
The couple were last seen on deck last
Disease on HAL’s Amsterdam Sickens 10% of Passengers
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that 10% of the passengers aboard Holland America Line’s Amsterdam cruise ship were sickened by a disease on the ship. It is not yet known whether the disease was norovirus or due to
Australian Bandicoot Linked to Sydney Salmonella Illnesses
I spent about five weeks in Australia in 2007 giving speeches on food safety and enjoying a great country. My daughter Sydney, loved the “I love Sydney” tshirts.
I was interested in the the mystery source of a Salmonella outbreak
Supreme Court of New South Wales vs KFC in Salmonella Case
A young Australian girl who suffered severe brain damage and was left paralysed by Salmonella food poisoning won a $10,000,000 ($10,369,000 U.S.) judgment against Kentucky Fried Chicken. The judgment (Samaan bht Samaan v Kentucky Fried Chicken Pty Ltd [2012]
Food Poisoning Strikes ‘Macbeth’ Cast in Australia
Nowhere in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” does the script call for 3 characters to exit stage left clutching their stomachs. And so the play’s opening night at the Sydney Opera House – set for Wednesday – has been postponed while cast members
Dispute Resolution in the Next 40 Years: Repertoire or Revolution? (Sydney, Dec. 1-2)
The Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales is holding a conference entitled “Dispute Resolution in the Next 40 Years – Repertoire or Revolution.” It’s part of UNSW Law’s 40th Anniversary celebrations and will take place in
Green et alia on Investor Conferences & Analyst Research
Investor Conferences and the Changing Nature of Analyst Research, by T. Clifton Green, Emory University – Goizueta Business School; Russell E. Jame, University of New South Wales; Stanimir Markov, University of Texas at Dallas – School of Management; and
Friday’s Architecture Moment
The unnoticed beauty of airport carpets: For a deeper analysis, see here:As the world’s largest interior visual design medium, airport carpets have spread a multi-faceted but uniform aesthetic to the furthest reaches of the globe. From Shanghai to