LIABILITY FOR FALSE STATEMENTS TO CUSTOMS – FINES PLUS FORFEITURE OF THE GOODS Three individuals who made deliberately false statements in an attempt to evade duty each received fines equal to double the amount of the underpa...

Credit legislation often has a "sting in the tail” - something that was not readily apparent when the legislation was first framed but then comes back to haunt credit providers down the track. We are reminded of what happened...

The decision in Allen v Chadwick [2015] HCA 47 concerns the operation and interpretation of Parts 6 and 7 of the Civil Liability Act 1936 (SA) which construct a regime for determining negligence and create a presumption of contri...

Readers may recall that on 1 June 2014 amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules (AML/CTF Rules) commenced. These rules were made under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing ...

On 10 December 2015, the High Court refused the plaintiff special leave to appeal the decision of New South Wales Court of Appeal in Christine Fabre v Bonny Lai Chun Lui  [2015] HCASL 230. The judgment obtained by Hunt & Hun...

A recent decision on appeal awarding damages for a domestic "slip and fall" is a warning to homeowners, insurers and underwriters alike. Familiarity with the premises and constructive knowledge of "degrees of slipperiness" as dete...