CASE: Moradi v Comcare [2024] FCA 812

Yasmin Moradi was an employee of the Translation Interpretation Service (TIS) within the Department of Home Affairs as a Farsi (Persian) interpreter for periods of various lengths and in different locations.

Moradi's last deployment was cut short one-month early because of the lack of need for Farsi interpreters.

Moradi sought compensation for psychological injuries sustained as a result of the early termination.

Comcare denied liability. Moradi appealed that decision.

CASE: Re Pacella [2019] VSC 170 It is not uncommon to include a provision in your Will that sets out how you would like your physical remains disposed of and your idea of an appropriate resting place.

Some requests, however, can be quite extravagant and outlandish.

Francesco Pacella wanted a family crypt. A large crypt that could fit 20 coffins, to be built in a cemetery in Italy.

He left $200,000 in his Will to be used for this purpose and tasked his nephew Emidio with the job of building the crypt.

Was such a provision legally enforceable?

CASE: R v Thompson, David; R v Thompson, Phillip [2019] NSWSC 1396

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If you are responsible for the care of a person and they die because you have failed to provide that care, you may be charged with manslaughter by gross criminal negligence.

This was the charge that was brought against David and Phillip Thompson when their mother died in September 2017.

In 2017, Shirley Thompson was 72 years old and living in an apartment in Western Sydney wit her two sons.

On 23 August, Shirley wasn't speaking, wasn't drinking or eating and had bed sores. Her sons called an ambulance.

Shirley died of sepsis 10 days after she was admitted to hospital.

Her sons were charged with manslaughter by gross criminal negligence.