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Send us Fan Mail Eight decisions in the Federal Courts edition for Wednesday 28 October 2026: one from the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia and seven from the Federal Court, five with Judicial Ledger headnotes. The opening story: a divided Full Court holds that a union permit holder's genuine purpose, even one resting on a mistake, enlivens the right of entry under s 484 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). Then the first contested penalty under the AML/CTF Act ($260 million against t...
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Send us Fan Mail A trade marks day: twenty seven decisions in the Tribunals edition of Thursday 29 October 2026, nineteen of them from the Trade Marks Office, all headnoted. Why a SaaS business could not prove use for software goods; when preparatory steps count as use; bad faith three ways; the words too plain to register; and six oppositions on likeness and reputation. Tribunals Desk: a software brand and a hosted service (lead). Opposition by Longsys Electronics (HK) Co., Limited to regist...
Send us Fan Mail Sixteen decisions from three courts in the New South Wales edition of Thursday 29 October 2026, four of them headnoted. In a construction subcontract, "estimated" completion dates paired with an extension mechanism bind, a deemed ground for extension must still be claimed within the notice bar, and a reserve power to extend for the contractor's benefit excludes the prevention principle. A party who has not closed its case must be allowed to tender its evidence before the defe...
Send us Fan Mail Eight decisions in the Federal Courts edition for Thursday 29 October 2026, all from the Federal Court of Australia, none with a Judicial Ledger headnote and two with a Signal synopsis. A quiet day, and a loud lead: security for costs against a company that sues, where the company claiming that security would stifle its claim must prove that the people who stand to benefit from the litigation are also without means, with a staged, testable method for fixing the amount and a s...
Send us Fan Mail Five headnoted appellate decisions from three courts in the edition of Thursday 29 October 2026, with the Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania editions of the same day folded in. A self-represented litigant treated as having closed a case he said was still open; a partner named senior next of kin, and why that status confers no right to bury; habeas corpus and a conviction already decided on appeal; reasons never asked for and a subpoena that went fishing; a mixed ...
Send us Fan Mail The Patent Office and three tribunals, twelve decisions, in the Tribunals edition of Wednesday 28 October 2026, one with a headnote. Why a reward scheme run through a payment terminal is mostly not a manner of manufacture after Aristocrat '25; how to get back into a VCAT case you missed and how to test a Calderbank offer; why a small business sale without a disclosure statement is void; and the exceptional case test in a blue card review. Tribunals Desk: a reward scheme at th...