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Restraint Clauses in Employment Contracts

  Restraint of Trade or Restraint Clauses appear regularly in employment contracts. Most people do not think twice about them and are just thankful they secured the job or position.

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Labour Hire workers and Unfair Dismissals

  What is a Labour Hire Worker? The definition of a labour hire worker is a person (worker) who signs a work contract with an agency firm. Examples are nursing agencies, security agenc

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SANE AUTOMATISM the defence at law

  This month we highlight the often-misunderstood defence in criminal law of SANE AUTOMATISM In our criminal law jurisdiction, all criminal offences require proof that an accused perso

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Hearsay – What is it & how to identify it in law

There is a lot of confusion in law as to what and what is not hearsay.  The below is a brief but simple version on what is hearsay and how to identify it when you are either dealing with a

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Manslaughter and the Legal Duty of Care

On Wednesday the 20th of January 2021, the Cairns Queensland Court held Goodstart Early Learning Centre childcare worker Ms Dionne Batrice Grills’ criminal charge for involuntary manslau

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Traffic Fines and Suspension (what to do)

Many of us have found the occasional and sometimes more than the occasional traffic infringement notice (driving fine) in our letter box. Below is a brief but very useful blog on how to get a f