Words

Gamblers, alcoholics and bankrupts as beneficiaries under a will

Stigma surrounding the word “bankruptcy” continues, evident from negative terms with which it is often connected – treason (in the ...

A judge’s decision might be just “wrong” – no need to add “vituperative epithets”

In a recent patents law case, concerning veterinary pharmaceuticals, and processes for determining the novelty of a process the subject ...

New Directions in Bankruptcy 1989-2004 – on AustLII

Those of a certain vintage with an interest in bankruptcy may remember New Directions in Bankruptcy, a publication of the ...

Galápagos Islands approaches to litigation practice?

In a migration law judgment of the Federal Court handed down on 1 August 2025 in Sydney, Justice Michael Lee ...

Not a skerrick …..

An Australian judge used the unusual word ‘skerrick’ recently, which means “a small piece or quantity” – as in “the ...