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Matter type changes

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There has been a technical change to the structure of our Defamation & Protecting Reputation and Neighbourhood Disputes publications. They have been changed from federal matter types to state-based matter types.

Subscribers may notice that the title of the Defamation publication now includes a state name. This is nominative only. The content of the Defamation publication is unchanged and remains the same across all states.

For state-based guides and precedents to be visible from existing matters, LEAP Desktop users will need to change their matter type from Other areas of law > Miscellaneous > Disputes to Other areas of law > Disputes.

Defamation and Protecting Reputation

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Defamation and Protecting Reputation

OCTOBER
  • Costs Agreements
    • Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
    • VIC/NSW – included reference to time limit for bringing costs assessment included total estimate of legal costs section with provision for variables and included authority to receive money into trust.
    • WA – added clause on scale fees.
JUNE
  • Updated figure for damages for non-economic loss under section 35(3) of the Defamation Act 2005 updated for 2016. The figure is uniform across all jurisdictions.
MAY
  • Case Law – Succession – added new case under ‘Child Omitted from will’ heading – Brimelow v Alampi [2016] VSC 135.
  • Business structures – Comparative table – Included land tax for TAS WA ACT and NT.
APRIL
  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.
MARCH

 

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