ON 20 MAY 2014, the NSW Bail Act 2013 commenced.
Category Archives: New & Noteworthy
Lawyers rules to change
ON 13 MAY 2014, the NSW Legislative Council passed the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Bill 2014.
The new Act will repeal the Legal Profession Act and introduce the Legal Profession Uniform Law early next year, enabling a single national framework for the regulation of the profession.
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/NSWBills.nsf/0/07EB41C6B04DCA11CA257CA600183BBA
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Google Spain SL, Google Inc v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, Mario Costeja Gonzalez
ON 13 MAY 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in case C-131/12 Google Spain SL, Google Inc v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, Mario Costeja Gonzalez.
If a search engine shows a link to a web page containing personal information, the data subject may approach the search engine operator and request that the link be removed from the list of results and if the request is not granted, bring the matter before competent authorities to have the link removed.
The ruling applies to the European Union Member States but is likely to have an impact world wide.
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Swearing in ceremony | Peter Hamill SC Supreme Court of NSW
TOMORROW at 9.15 am in the Banco Court, Peter Hamill SC will be sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW.
Sydney, Australia
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker [2014] HCATrans 73
TRANSCRIPT of High Court day one in the matter of Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker [2014] HCATrans 73 (8 April 2014). Adjourned to 9 April.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/HCATrans/2014/73.html
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NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie [2014] HCA 11
ON 2 APRIL 2014, the High Court of Australia delivered NSW Registrar of Birth, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie [2014] HCA 11 (2 April 2014).
The High Court held that a person’s sex can be registered as “non-specific”.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html
Sydney, Australia
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Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v Japan: New Zealand intervening) | International Court of Justice
ON 31 MARCH 2014, the International Court of Justice found Japan’s Antarctic whaling program to be not in accordance with the relevant international convention.
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Oliver (Deceased) & Oliver [2014] FamCA 57
IN AN UNUSUAL CASE, the Family Court of Australia in Oliver (Deceased) & Oliver [2014] FamCA 57 (12 February 2014) declared a marriage to be void owing to the husband’s dementia which caused him to be incapable of entering into the marriage.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FamCA/2014/57.html
Sydney, Australia
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2013 | Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
ON THIS DAY in 2014, the UK Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 allowed same sex couples in England and Wales to marry.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/30/contents/enacted/data.htm
Peter O’Grady
