The enormous popularity of taking off overseas on holidays with the kids is something that more and more people now enjoy. But trying to travel with children following a family separation can lead to problems if the former partner objects.
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The Victorian Government is in the middle of enacting several recommendations of the Betrayal of Trust” Report, which was released following the Victorian Parliamentary inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and other non-govern…
Children abused while living in the care of two well-known Catholic orders are having their stories recorded by the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse and the Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Inqui…
A major inquiry into historical child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom will relaunch its website after appointing a new Chair and Panel, in response to heavy criticism from abuse survivors.
In July 2014, the UK government announced the Inde…
Rabbi Wolf, who was the Chair of the Yeshiva centre’s committee of management until late 2014, has admitted to the Royal Commission that failures in governance compromised the safety of children at the centre.
Rabbi Wolf’s testimony follows t…
Problems arising from the decision in the Magistrates' Court in Robinson v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd continue to frustrate injured workers due to a onerous and strict requirement to correctly and fully fill out a claim form properly.
As a resul…
Buying and selling houses and land now requires a due diligence checklist to accompany the usual section 32 vendor’s statement, under changes which came into force on 1 October 2014.
According to Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV), the provision…
Catholic survivors hoping for higher compo payouts
Survivors of sexual abuse in Victoria are hoping for major reforms and higher compensation payouts following a review of the Catholic Church’s Melbourne Response program.
Starting in 1996, t…
When Victorian schoolteacher Peter Doulis was awarded nearly $1.3m in damages in September, the story attracted star billing in the media. You could almost hear the collective sucking in of breath at the size of the amount awarded by the Supre…
The conviction this week of Ronald Buckley, the 93-year old who was found guilty of sexually abusing orphaned boys at the Hillside Boys’ Home, is an interesting example of how, by using our extensive database, RCT was able to assist to corrobo…
Media reports in The Age this week revealed that tougher laws urged by the TAC and imposed by the Napthine-Baillieu government had effectively acted as a roadblock to all common law compensation for people suffering long term mental injury as …
Injured workers may not have to wait as long for some types of medical procedures as a result of changes made by WorkCover to their approvals processes.
The major changes apply to MRI scans, gym and pool rehabilitation, some elective surgery,…
From 1 July, both WorkCover and the TAC have introduced new Capacity Assessment Forms that have replaced the old medical certificates which had to be filled in by the treating doctor.
Monthly capacity certificates have always been a requireme…
The frustration of having to pay and provide bank cheques when buying or selling property and waiting for them to clear for settlements is nearly a thing of the past.
From October 2014 the Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) will offer elect…
"My own view is that the Church in Australia should be able to be sued in cases of this kind." – Cardinal Pell
Cardinal Pell’s admission that he was not now comfortable with what has come to be known as the Ellis Defence, received a lot of me…
James Mathieson, a 32-year-old tradesman from Wantirna South has been awarded $130,000 in damages by the Victorian County Court.
The man suffered the injury to his left hand while using a drop saw to cut wooden bearers in a truck loading si…
Most people appreciate that it's important to try and avoid a criminal record, even though you've committed an offence. A criminal slip up can derail job prospects for certain types of employment, and also count against you should you ever aga…
The incidence of secretly recorded conversations between workers and bosses is on the rise. Smart phones have made it technologically easier. An industrial relations culture plagued by insecure work has made it more attractive.
But does a cov…
The line is blurring between work and the personal. What you need to know about the social media minefield to protect your job.
More and more, bosses are putting the brakes on what a worker says on social media, because it may reflect poorly …
Employees of the Commonwealth Government and some other large companies who are injured while at work and on the road, will almost certainly apply for injury compensation under the national insurer, Comcare.
What many of these people are not …
Britain has announced it will pay compensation at a total proposed cost of 12.5 million pounds to thousands of Kenyans who were sexually abused and tortured in detention camps during the 1950s following a Mau Mau uprising under colonial rule. …
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