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77 - What is bullying? (opens the original)
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Whitham 2026: What Counts as Workplace Bullying Under the Fair Work Act (and What Doesn’t) Melissa Bush explains a 2026 Fair Work Commission decision in Whitham, where an employee alleged bullying based on confusing training, dress code enforcement, questions about illness, being contacted while sick, negative work remarks, inadequate home internet, and a request to consent to contacting his doctor. The deputy president dismissed the application ex tempore in a two-paragraph decision, finding no
76 - Who are you actually suing (opens the original)
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You Can’t Sue a Shopfront Sign: Lessons from Wang v Loh on Naming the Right Defendant The episode explains that NSW court proceedings must be brought against legal persons (individuals or companies), not trading names, under UCPR 7.19, with unregistered business names usable only temporarily under rules 7.20 and 7.22 while the plaintiff must identify and amend to the real defendant; service can be effected on an unregistered business name under rule 10.9. Using Wang v Loh (NSW District Court, 20
75 - When a client list goes walking (opens the original)
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When a client list goes walking This episode recounts the 2026 NSW Supreme Court decision Body Sculpting Clinics v Palmer, where clinic manager and part-shareholder Ms Palmer resigned, emailed herself nearly 4,000 client and lead records from the clinic’s Mindbody system, and then worked at a nearby competing business, Defined Aesthetics, alongside former staff, with evidence including emails, forwarded scripts and sales data, and a text describing a “sneaky little marketing tactic.” Host Meliss
74 - The $83,000 mistake in a commercial lease (opens the original)
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Hoang v Hungry Jack’s: How One Word in a Lease Decided $83,000 a Year The episode explains the 2026 Supreme Court of New South Wales case Hoang v Hungry Jack’s, a dispute over an $83,000 annual rent gap caused by differing interpretations of how market rent should be assessed under a registered commercial lease for a Hungry Jack’s drive-through in Taree. Hungry Jack’s argued the valuer should assess only bare land because it built the restaurant, claiming “premises” meant land only, the building
73 - Use it or lose it - trade mark non-use (opens the original)
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Australia Trademark Non-Use Removal: Use It or Lose It (Trade Marks Act s92) The episode explains that Australian trademark registration is conditional on genuine use and can be removed under the “use it or lose it” principle via a non-use removal application to IP Australia under s92 of the Trade Marks Act 1995. Any person can apply, three years after the filing date, and the decision assesses use in Australia during a three-year lookback window; even a single genuine use can be enough, but tok
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