Associate Professor Dr Jason Donnelly, Latham Chambers, will explore recent amendments to the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - in particular ss 76AAA, 189, 196 and 198AHB. By allowing a bridging (Removal Pending) visa to cease automatically once a non-citizen gains even conditional "permission" to enter a third country, s 76AAA triggers a statutory pipeline to mandatory, potentially indefinite detention under...
Barristers frequently communicate with each other on a "counsel-to-counsel" basis but what does that actually mean? Perry Herzfeld SC, Eleven Wentworth, and Christina Trahanas, Omnia Chambers will explore the origins of communicating on a "counsel-to-counsel" basis and consider ethical issues relating to such communications.
In this CPD session, Linda Scott, Chair of the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF), will speak about the significant but often underestimated impact of alcohol on mental health. With deep expertise in public health advocacy, Linda will explore how alcohol use contributes to anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, and impaired cognitive function-factors particularly relevant for clients experiencing high stress, trauma, or...
The Privy Council allowed an appeal, brought by special leave, from the judgement of the High Court in Port Jackson Stevedoring Pty Ltd v Salmond & Spraggon (Australia) Pty Ltd (1978) 139 CLR 231. In the result the judgement of the sole dissenting justice of the High Court (Barwick CJ) was upheld. Counsel for the appellant were Mr A.M Gleeson...
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