Link to decision In Roseanne Beckett v State of New South Wales, decided on 8 May 2013, the High Court has taken the unusual step of overruling previous decisions that limited the right of an accused person to recover damages for malicious prosecution if the...
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Keating ([2013] HCA 20) Case Summary [2013] HCASum 19 (8 May 2013) Link to Decision Kelli Keating was charged with a number of offences relating to her alleged failure to inform Centrelink of variations in her income which...
In April 2013 Treasury released a discussion paper entitled Improving the Transparency of Australia’s Business Tax System. RoLIA’s submission focused on one of the proposals contained in the paper relating to disclosing the identity and tax payable...
The Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee called for sumbissions on the Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013. RoLIA’s submission made the following recommendations on the bill: RoLIA welcomes the legislation and emphasises the importance of...
Submissions to Senate Committee Inquiry into the Impact of Federal Court fee increases since 2010 on access to justice have pointed out the problems with the high cost of court fees. The Committee is due to report back in early June. RoLIA’s submission started...
