Don’t pry when you fly: new draft privacy guidelines for drone operators
The Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (the Department) recently completed public consultation on draft…
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Planes, trains and AI-mobiles: The legal complexities of 5PL
Logistics has come a long way in a generation: from simple job-by-job consignments to fully-outsourced managed supply chains. With the…
When do intoxication and damages mix? – Payne t/as Sussex Inlet Pontoons v Liccardy [2023] NSWCA 73 (20 April 2023)
The New South Wales Court of Appeal recently considered the operation of the intoxication provisions (Section 50) of the Civil…
When is a refusal to complete a rehabilitation plan unreasonable? – Grima and K&S Freighters [2023] AATA 769 (17 April 2023)
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) recently found that an employee’s failure to complete the final element of his then existing…
Court flips out ‘obvious risk’ defence in tubing accident claim – Glover v Fuller [2023]
The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory recently considered whether a 12 year-old plaintiff injured while riding in an…
Inter-State sea carriage: Arbitration clause effective to ouster jurisdiction of Australian Court
In a unanimous Judgment dated 12 October 20221, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia confirmed that parties…