Court upholds council’s right to cancel event

By Sacha Jugum New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 – appeal against refusal of judicial review – whether a council-controlled organisation is under an obligation to facilitate freedom of expression – appeal against costs award – applicable principles – whether public...

Bryan Mahon: lawyer, soldier, scholar and father

In July 1927 Bryan’s life changed profoundly when his father, aged in his early 30s, was killed in a car accident. Bryan had just turned four and our grandmother was left as a young widow with three children under six. Bryan, Cherry and Judith grew up in a home they...
Australia rules on mandatory vaccination

Australia rules on mandatory vaccination

In Barber v Goodstart Early Learning(2021) FWC2156 (20 April 2021), the commission found that: Goodstart’s policy of mandatory flu vaccinations for its childcare workers was reasonable and lawful; Bou-Jamie Barber, a teacher at Goodstart, had not been able to provide...