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With much public debate recently emerging on the issue of same sex marriage and marriage equality, it is worth looking at the existing rights of same sex couples when it comes to the Australian family law system. The Australian Constitution (in...

Court annexed mediation, (rather than private mediation or a trial) can be used to successfully address and resolve a great variety of adversarial disputes, including complex matters. When two parties have intractable differences, with conflicting...

The recent defamation case of Hockey v Fairfax Media, handed down by Justice White in the Federal Court on 30 June, has implications for a number of Streeterlaw’s corporate clients, particularly those who are subject to frequent media and social media...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

The Lean Thinking and Practice Australasian Summit, held this year on 6-7 May in Melbourne, is an annual opportunity for Lean practitioners and theorists in Australasia to think more deeply on the principles and practice of the management theory and to...

We are not the first legal firm to apply “Lean” (or Lean Six Sigma as it is described in the USA) as part of our management system but we may be one of the first in Australia. But don't expect Lean to become popular in the legal profession. The idea...

  Are your Family Law Court orders no longer relevant? Do you wish to change them? With changing circumstances, orders that have been made by the Court may no longer be practical or be in the best interests of the affected children. So it is...