Popular Discussions RSSWed, 29 Mar 2023 11:03:01 GMT The AISLES-AI Legal Research Assistant App is ready. It has been custom trained on Australian Law. You can use it to ask it Legal Questions as a Legal Research Assistant and it will provide you using IRAC Method an analysis of the Facts, the Legal Issues, the Relevant Law, relevant sections of Legislation, Regulations and Rules that apply, an Analysis with supporting verified caselaw to support the position it is arguing and a conclusion with a proposed outcome. You can use it at Law Firm Level, Legal Practitioner Level; or Self-Represented Litigant Level. Identify Facts in a Case Analyze Facts for consistency! Identify Legal Issues! Identify Relevant Law! Identify Relevant Case Law! Analyze the Case Facts against Applicable Law! Provide a Conclusion based on Analysis. Quiz the Legislation Law Act: You Upload the Act and we have it converted into a Quizable AI-Version you can ask it anything and it will identify relevant Legislation and sections of Legislation. Quiz the Regulations : Quiz the AI-Version, you can ask it about any regulations that may apply in your case. Quiz the Court Rules : Quiz the AI-Version where you can ask the Court its Rules on a Subject. Quiz Any Case: Upload a Case and Quiz the Judgement! Analyze your own case with amazing detail using the above and other incredible features in the AISLES-AI Legal Toolbox. It can assist with Affidavit Drafting, you can upload data of the facts of the case with .txt or .pdf format documents or video/audio recordings in the major formats for analysis and extraction of text, transcribing video and/or audio recordings into precise text and creating a summary of the recording for you to review. Once the data is there the system will populate the affidavit with the relevant facts it has identified and the issues of law involved. The Lawyer can then go through the pre-populated affidavit draft just going over the facts and their version of events as would a self re... Read more

]]>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:03:01 GMTIf a person obtains evidence improperly (ie stole it, logged in without authority to a person's account to access it, etc) and presents it as evidence to disclose, do they have to declare how they obtained it? Is it admissible if they don't disclose HOW they obtained it? NB: referring to social media accounts, email accounts, phone screenshots.

]]>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:39:20 GMTThis question relates to Queensland.  Brief history: 2014 - Concerned family members applied through QCAT for Qld Public Trustee appointment to be financial administrator of elderly widow with diagnosed Alzheimers (let's call her A). Her daughter (I will refer to as D) had emptied As bank accounts, with  A present at bank to sign.  QCAT appointed public trustee on evidence, they also appointed Public Guardian for all decisions.   A continued to live with D, despite D socially isolating A from remainder of family. 2014 - 2019: Public Trustee paid D $300 pf board for the care of her mother plus $100pf spending money for A (who has no capacity to spend). This comes from A's old age pension.   2016: D bought an aged care franchise, and provided aged care services to A (her own mother) profiting from the provision of services - which public guardian agreed to,  despite admitting there was a conflict of interest.  2019: A went into permanent aged care.  The Public Trustee has continued to pay A $100pf spending money which D has the ATM card to,  she withdraws this in cash every fortnight and it's unaccountable. D continues to provide aged care services to A, whilst she lives in aged care.  She should not be able to,  as the client cannot double dip into the system.  Public Trustee allows it. Public Guardian allows it. They say D is funding it herself through her business.  Over the years the family has sought  av investigation into the conflict of interest and the mishandling of A's money; the expenditure of A's limited pension going straight to the person they were appointed to protect A from.   No one from Public Trustee responds to emails, despite submitting formal complaints through their official complaints process and also directly emailing senior management. No response. No investigation has ever been initiated by them. Questions are: 1. Are there alternative financial administrators who manage pensioners finances? (PT are very expensive, they also rub... Read more

]]>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 12:02:24 GMTHi , a friend of mine her son went to Melbourne a year or so ago.  She only recently heard from him about 3 weeks ago. He said he was coming up to QLD to stay with her. Since then the phone has been disconnected and she has no way of contacting him.   He was in jail for a year in Melbourne which he didn't tell her. She only found this out recently. She has grave concerns for his safety. She has informed the police but she can't get a welfare check done because she doesn't know where he is.  Any assistance to find and/or source information would be greatly appreciated.    Thank you.   

]]>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:01:54 GMTJust after views on this situation.Young person, now 19 accused of numerous crimes from 4 years previous.Ex resi kid, transgender, emotionally immature, mental health issues, very vulnerable. Goes to court may 2020, legal aid present via AVL, released on bail with conditions and court date set for July. Returns to court July, adjourned to September. Received a phone call from legal aid rep 2 days from court date stating he can not represent her as the alleged victim's mother works in the legal aid office with him and he did not make the connection as she uses a different name to the alleged victim.Stated conflict of interest and the legal aid office can no longer represent her, but might be able to recommend other legal service in the area. (will legal aid still pay?) Legal aid has not interviewed or met with her at all. She is very distressed as she has not had a chance to put forward her statement or her evidence apart from the initial police interview when she was charged. She is very distressed because one of her bail condition is she can not reside in her town where she has a unit, and feels that she is just getting the run around. Still has to pay rent but can not live there, seems unfair, could drag on for months. Continual receives abusive social media messages from friends of the alleged victim, tried to tell legal aid and they basically brushed it off.... Read more

]]>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:49:58 GMTBackstory : I believe the Family Court of Australia will soon dismiss my 2017 request for child custody orders based upon Section 111CD - that my abducted dual citizen children are not now "habitually resident" or in Australia. If I ultimately lose I would see it as a consolation to have my case documented in AustLII.edu.au - is there anything that one can do in submissions, etc, that would promote a cases chances?

]]>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:36:58 GMTCan I ask if anyone has the answer to my question please. I rent a commercial property and the lease expired in November 2017. Earlier in the year of 2017 the property manager sent a letter asking if I was wanting to take up my next 3 year lease option. I responded to this letter with a yes. That was the last I heard about it until late 2019 when there was a audit within the real estate agents office and discovered that the Property manager at the time had forgotten to send me the next lease options contract to sign. In an email notifying me of this my new property manager also asked me to back date and sign the lease from 2017 to bring it all up to date. I was not comfortable with back dating and signing a lease that should have been done 2 years earlier so kind of let it go and then I had a death in the family so forgot all about it and I did not hear again from my property manager in regards to this. Now COVID19 has hit, the government has enforced the temporary closure of my business, so what I am trying to ascertain is, if because I had requested to take up the next lease option I am considered in a binding contract to the lease of this property even though no actual contract was signed or am I considered to have no lease and not locked in? The latest property manager says I am in a binding contract as I expressed that I had wanted to take up the next 3 year lease option even though no contract was signed. Due to my business model I am not eligible for any grants to help with this. My accountant says there is no way to pay. If I had signed the lease it would be due to expire start of November so effectively I could not renew again regardless as by then will most likely be in severe debt and possibly still not allowed to open my business doors with social distancing rules most likely still in place. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I understand landlords are having a tough time too so please I would appreciate no criticism, I would just like to understan... Read more

]]>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 22:29:56 GMTMy sister has built in a small country estate.  She has had ongoing issues with her neighbour who even refuses to speak with her in regards to anything, prefering to see a solicitor over a dividing fence rather than speak amicably with my sister.  This neighbour now takes her dog onto the land behind my sister to provoke my sisters dog into barking at which time she films my sisters dog barking.  He is a 12 year old german shepherd.  My sister has even recorded her yelling at her dog.  The neighbour doesn't own this land and it is not public land it is a private farm.  There are two vacant blocks on the otherside of the neighbour where she can freely play with her dog without interfering with my sisters dog.  However she refuses.  What can my sister do?

]]>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 22:57:13 GMT Hi all, currently this is a popular topic of conversation; No Jab No Pay (family tax entitlements) No Jab No Play (kindergarten, childcare centres, rugby, AFL, etc)No Jab No Work (aged care sector as an example) No Jab No Visit relatives in Aged care homes  Currently I understand that due to COVID19 Australia is operating under a Bio-Security Act 2015. right? To my knowledge only 2 of those No Jab rules that was pre-existing to COVID19 were; no jab no pay and no jab no childcare.. the others I list occured after COVID19. whats expects after (assuming COVID19) goes away? do these changes stay?  This bring us to my main concern/question - MANDATORY VACCINATION... or even FORCED VACCINATION.  People are currently mailing MY WILL's to parliament to oppose mandatory vaccination. advising that this human right falls under common law/constitutional law.. (excuse my knowledge as I am not versed in this stuff).... if this a waste of time?  how can we fight against pending vaccinations?  to my knowledge the only medical exemption is if the individual has had a previous adverse reaction - and the only adverse reaction accepted is anaphylactic shock so this is VERY few people.  I have heard that writing to MP's explaining how these restrictions listed above have specifically and individually impacted myself or my family is a way to gain an exemption but a good friend of mine did this very thing listing financial impact of her son beging expelled from Kindergarten for not being vaccinated, her son's medical history and risks if he was to receive vaccinations and also her medical history and risks associated if she was to accept vaccinations but she gained no exemption and got nowhere.. A snap shot of my situation; Personally my wife is not able to work full time because our daughter is not vaccinated and therefore not eligible to attend childcare. My wife's brother passed away from SIDS many years ago and this was straight after his vaccinations. I understand tha... Read more

]]>Thu, 14 May 2020 06:10:14 GMT My single mother is a narcissist. She took two AVO’s out against me. This was in 2013 (I was 17) and 2017 (I was 21), however I have no criminal record. This was simply her method of coercive control, namely in the latter trying to prevent me from getting a drivers license.   Whilst I technically was no longer living with her as of 2014, the financial dependence on her continued until much later - which was gratifying for her ego. She would socially isolate me, so as to make it more difficult for me to establish connections, find employment and be self-reliant.   I finally decided to cut my losses in life and went no contact with my mum at the end of 2018: no phone calls, emails, nothing. My mental health has dramatically improved and the anxiety has reduced substantially.   Now, I intend to get into the security industry. I am afraid that if I place my application in for the license, the Police (SLDO) would reject it because it all appears black and white to them.   I am not a violent person: period. The entire extended family has a toxic relationship with my mum.   I am not barred from holding a security license as I am not in breach of any of the prescribed offences, but there is that subjective “fit and proper” character criteria.   It used to be the case in NSW, that you could revoke expired AVO's through courts. This is no longer the case as of amendments passed in 2016. I am simply lost and have no idea how to go about this.... Read more

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