Publications

Survey evidence is often easy to criticise but very hard to exclude.

A tragic tale of domestic violence required the Court to determine whether the forfeiture rule prevented the wife from inheriting the husband's estate.

A case involving fraud, constructive trusts, knowing assistance and receipt, agency, change of position, indefeasibility of title, in personam exceptions, tracing issues and more.

Titan Enterprises (Qld) Pty Ltd v Cross confirms that the privilege afforded to Trade Mark Attorneys is not as broad as legal professional privilege.

In a decision which will be welcomed by insolvency practitioners the NSW Court of Appeal overturned last year’s liquidator’s remuneration decision of Brereton J in the Sakr case.

​Registration sought for the mark BALÉ opposed pursuant to s 41 TMA on the grounds that the mark is a geographic indicator.

This decision is welcome news for those pushing for a different approach to fixing penalties in the consumer law arena.

Re Southern Riverina Dairy Group Pty Ltd (Administrators appointed) [2017] VSC 4 provides a useful summary of key legal principles that guide courts in granting such extensions.

Martin Scott QC and Matthew Townsend successfully represent Melbourne Health & the Department of Health and Human Services in VCAT

Martin Scott QC acts for the Commonwealth in Federal Court trial over the grounding of the Shen Neng 1 causing the largest known damage to the Great Barrier Reef by a ship.