Author: Mark Streeter

A man who posted sexually explicit images and videos of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook has been forced to pay her almost $50,000 for the distress and embarrassment caused. The case, heard in the ‘Supreme Court of Western Australia in December 2014,...

BOOK REVIEW The book, Being Mortal – illness, medicine and what matters in the end,  has some insightful answers to planning for the best possible outcome when your health declines. Written by Professor Atul Gawande, an American surgeon, author and...

On 1 January 2014, the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT) amalgamated with around 22 tribunals to form the often described “super” tribunal called the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). NCAT deals with a broad range of...

Beneficiaries of wills and estates, where probate already has been ordered, are sometimes faced with a conundrum of how to deal with an Executor who is not doing the job properly. In such circumstances it may be possible for the beneficiaries (as...

“Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.” – Marlon Brando In 2013, 13 Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) were enacted through the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy protection) Act 2012. These APPs...

Homemade documents, such as do-it-yourself will kits or handwritten notes, are often inadequate in clearly stipulating what you wish to happen to your assets after you die. A properly laid out and executed will can avoid unintended consequences,...

The role of the executors of a will is to identify and collect the assets of the estate and then distribute them according to the will left by the deceased. But what happens if the executors fail to perform their role properly? In the case of Bird v...

From 1 December 2014, anyone caught parking in a disabled car park without holding a valid mobility parking sticker will not only get a $519 fine – the highest fine for this offence in the country – they will also receive a demerit point...

A case involving a farmer and his daughter and son-in-law (Milling v Hardie [26 May 2014] NSWCA 163) is a reminder of the need to put property living arrangements, even between family members, in writing. Mr Milling is a farmer who lives in one of...

Against the wishes of the NSW Police and insurance companies, the NSW Government has made lane-filtering by motorcyclists legal from 1 July 2014. Lane filtering is when a motorcycle rider moves alongside vehicles that have stopped or are moving slowly...