Friday 1 March 2024

New role - NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Very excited to have been appointed as a part time General Member of the Consumer and Commercial Division of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT).

Looking forward to working with the rest of the NCAT team in seeking to fulfil the objects of NCAT - namely to resolve proceedings justly, quickly, cheaply and with as little formality as possible.


https://ncat.nsw.gov.au/about-ncat/tribunal-members.html


Thursday 22 February 2024

Judging the judges - Stradford a pseudonym v Judge Vasta [2023] FCA 1020

Check out my recent video presentation entitled "Judging the judges - Stradford a pseudonym v Judge Vasta [2023] FCA 1020". In this video I look at Justice Wigney's Federal Court decision in which he found Judge Vasta, the Commonwealth and the State of Queensland liable for false imprisonment and ordered both aggravated and exemplary damages.

Run time 24 mins

































Thursday 8 February 2024

ACCC Cheat Sheet - January 2024

Check out my ACCC Cheat Sheet for January 2024. Whilst it was a relatively quiet month there were some important announcements including the findings and recommendations of the ACCC Childcare enquiry, the announcement of the ACCC's supermarket price enquiry, warnings about the Taylor Swift Tour scam and the introduction of a designated complaint process.

Run time 28 mins


























 


Wednesday 31 January 2024

Chicken fees for NAB nabbing

Check out my recent video presentation entitled "Chicken fees for NAB nabbing" in which I look at the Federal Court cases against the National Australia Bank for unconscionable conduct which resulted in a total penalty of only $2.1 million. In the penalty judgment Justice Derrington acknowledges that the penalty will not achieve any specific or general deterrence but claims he is unable to impose a higher penalty.

Run time 30 mins