Concerns Notices    October 3, 2024

Gayed v Virgin Mary & St Markorious Coptic Orthodox Church

Supreme Court of NSW … Coptic Orthodox Church parishioner seeks to sue priest and Church management over email sent to parishioners … Imputations of involvement in murder, money-laundering, theft and fraud … Said to be first instance of superior court of record considering validity of concerns notice with regards to serious harm element … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more

 

Concerns Notices    July 27, 2023

Concerns notice provisions in the spotlight

Consideration of concerns notice provisions by Justice McElwaine in the Federal Court … Points of difference with authorities in lower courts … McElwaine J: concerns notice not a pleading document … Is there discretion to amend pleadings vis-à-vis the concerns notice? … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more