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Following recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, from 1 March 2017 in Queensland, survivors of childhood sexual abuse are not subject to a limitation period and they may bring a personal injuries claim at any time.

Please be aware of new requirements under the Supreme Court Practice Direction no 21 of 2016 in relation to matters on the Commercial List.

In the recent decision of Ku-ring-gai Council v Garry West as delegate of the Acting Director-General, Office of Local Government [2017] NSWCA 54, the NSW Court of Appeal considered the question of whether the public interest in the production of documents outweighed the public interest in preserving secrecy and confidentiality.

High Court finds in favour of Commissioner of State Revenue (Victoria).

You may be aware that at present, there is no independent monitoring of the States’ compliance with competitive neutrality principles.