http://www.lawyers.com.au/rss/ www.lawyers.com.au rss feed en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 09:54:17 +0000 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:54:17 +0000 custom support@www.lawyers.com.au webmaster@www.lawyers.com.au http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/04/1/yang-release-heads-off-problem-for-gillard-visit CHINA'S release of the Australian writer Yang Hengjun has averted a diplomatic crisis before Julia Gillard's first visit to China late this month. 2011-04-01 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/04/1/lost-appeal-no-laughing-matter THE rock band Men at Work and record label EMI will, after all, have to hand over 5 per cent of royalties earned on the 1980s hit Down Under since 2002 after losing an appeal to the full bench of the Federal Court yesterday. The songwriter Colin Hay and his publisher, EMI, had argued that a February 2010 ruling that Down Under had taken a substantial part of the folk song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree was wrong and that there had been no breach of copyright. Lawyers for Hay and EMI listed 14 grounds for the appeal, including that the resemblance between the two songs went unnoticed by the general public and Larrikin Music, which holds the copyright for Kookaburra, for more than 20 years until it was pointed out on the TV show Spicks and Specks. But the appeal judges ruled "the aural resemblance need not be resounding or obvious" and reaffirmed that Down Under did reproduce a substantial part of Marion Sinclair's 1934 Girl Guides' campfire ditty. The judges also confirmed that two 30-second Qantas advertisements containing "a languid orchestral version" of Down Under only contained the second bar of Kookaburra and did not breach Larrikin's copyright. EMI was ordered to pay Larrikin's costs. 2011-04-01 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/04/1/film A HEARTBEAT AWAY PG 2011-04-01 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/04/1/sympathy-for-the-devil The Lincoln Lawyer brings to life the perfect villain, writes Jenny Cooney Carrillo. 2011-04-01 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/31/20year-ban-but-man-kept-on-driving-court DANIEL James Thompson had been banned from driving for 20 years but ambitiously described his occupation as a truck driver when asked by police. 2011-03-31 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/30/rios-tilt-for-riversdale-falls-short RIO TINTO'S hopes that a partial acceptance by the Brazilian steelmaker CSN of its $3.9 billion takeover bid for Riversdale Mining would deliver it control of the Mozambique coal developer have been dashed, for the time being at least. 2011-03-30 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/29/hearing-warning A LAKE Macquarie man charged with making false accusations about a former girlfriend two weeks before she was murdered was given an ultimatum in court yesterday. 2011-03-29 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/29/centro-us-sale-under-fire A CAMPAIGN by a group of shareholders that own more than 11 per cent of Centro Properties Group to force Centro to put the planned $US9.4 billion sale of US shopping centres to a shareholder vote is poised to escalate. A key member of the self-styled Centro Shareholders Association is threatening legal action to force Centro to hand over information about the deal, and the financing arrangements on the US properties. 2011-03-29 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/29/cap-on-population-in-cities-could-slash-the-value-of-houses SYDNEY real estate prices would fall more than 18 per cent over the next decade if the federal government adopted policies that cap population growth in the biggest capital cities, according to a new report. 2011-03-29 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/29/ethnic-voting-trends-prove-powerful-force-behind-political-swings A SECOND great migration is under way for many of Sydney's ethnic groups - not from place to place but from party to party. 2011-03-29 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/29/little-girls-mum-kept-her-pain-and-anguish-to-herself THROUGHOUT the 12 days Peta Barnes has been in the Supreme Court, she has given little indication of the inner turmoil she has endured for just over two years. 2011-03-29 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/29/shareholders-step-up-the-pressure-on-centro-deal Legal action looms over $US9.4b shopping centre sale, writes Malcolm Maiden 2011-03-29 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/28/tv-previews Wonders of the Solar System NCIS Shelf Life Into the Deep €“ Whaling and the World 2011-03-28 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/28/nationals-cash-in-on-discontent-with-oakeshott THE retirement of three long-serving Labor MPs and anger over the federal independent MP Rob Oakeshott delivered unprecedented swings in several seats. 2011-03-28 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/28/the-new-faces MARK SPEAKMAN 2011-03-28 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/28/clare-isaac Clare Isaac is a lawyer who had just returned home after working in Singapore and Britain when she got caught up in the buzz of volunteering in the Queensland flood disaster. 2011-03-28 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/28/directors-have-governance-concerns-too THE highly regarded Canadian lawyer and governance specialist, Carol Hansell, readily admits that a lot of worthy corporate responsibility issues have been "talked to death". 2011-03-28 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/27/breaking-up-is-hard-especially-for-moderns IF A woman is having an affair with a married man, is she in a de facto relationship and entitled to claim his assets if they 2011-03-27 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/27/true-tales-of-everyday-murder-crime Crime 2011-03-27 http://www.lawyers.com.au/news/2011/03/27/chasers-cup-runneth-over-with-new-show THEY flew a blimp over the Vatican and offered knuckle-dusters to NRL fans but the Chaser boys are about to unveil their biggest surprise yet. 2011-03-27