From 9 November 2023, Australia’s unfair contract terms regime is changing.

The presentation aimed to demystify what a constitution is in the theme of “cracking the constitution code”, and emphasised its significance in ensuring good governance.

On 29 September 2023, the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability was published.

ACRC found significant failures in approved providers’ governance systems, including a lack of oversight from the governing body and as a result a suite of new requirements have been rolled out targeting these issues.

A recent review was conducted by Robyn Kruk AO, into the regulatory arrangements for registration of overseas health practitioners wishing to practice in Australia.

The judgment serves as a valuable reminder that the resolution of a legal dispute is not always a simple choice between the plaintiff and defendant’s conflicting narratives and that satisfying the burden of proof that a plaintiff bears in civil cases (on the balance of probabilities) is not always an easy task.