The distinction between an employee and an independent contractor has long been the subject of judicial consideration, and indeed legal commentary. Recently, the High Court delivered two judgements that marked a new approach to determining whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor. The High Court held that “where parties have comprehensively committed continue reading
So you’ve run your mouth, or more likely your fingers, the aggrieved takes issue and gives you a Concerns Notice alleging that you’ve defamed him/her and sometimes, it. What do you do? 1. Do nothing Doing nothing can be useful, until it isn’t. As discussed in my previous article on defamation, the delivery of a continue reading
A brief review of the law of defamation and its recent changes On 1 July 2021, major changes to the defamation law came into effect. These changes introduced, among other things, the single publication rule, serious harm threshold and the requirement to issue a concerns notice before proceedings can be commenced. But what does this continue reading
