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My favourite solicitors get emoji responses from my phone
I do not have any understanding or knowledge of the legal system so please be gentle :-)
I’m looking for some help with providing the court's authentic raw voice recordings of an individual I live with swearing at me, discriminating against me (verbal abuse towards me)
I have a question regarding how to convert an audio voice file into a written document/( not tech-savvy). Could anyone kindly assist me? I'm not sure if I'm allowed to use a website for this conversion, or if I need to transcribe everything by hand.
I have about 3 audio files to convert.
Thanks in advance.
So, I’m sitting here on a Saturday night still thinking about work and stressed about what’s waiting for me on Monday. January was busier than I expected.
How do you “allow” yourself to have a mental break when you have so much on?
Many thanks in advance from a baby lawyer.
ETA: thank you for providing such helpful replies. I appreciate you all taking the time to share your experience - it seems that I need to make a point of starting (and maintaining) healthy habits and try out some different things until I find one that sticks.
I also think I have to accept that sometimes I won’t have a choice but to let myself be stressed and think work-related things through when my plate is full.
Hey guys, second year here. Not sure if this is the right thread, sorry mods if not. Just kinda confused about the briginshaw standard and its interaction with tribunals (specifically QCAT). Does the briginshaw standard automatically apply in tribunals? Or as said at [16] in Sullivan v Civil Aviation Safety Authority [2014] FCAFC 93, does it only apply by analogy? If we were to, say, look at a guardianship hearing - would it require a higher level of evidence to be made to someone making an allegation against a person regarding their appropriateness as an EPOA? What about a disciplinary hearing such as professional misconduct?
The federal court judge, Justice Nye Perram, ruled in favour of Seven on Thursday: “If suppression and non-publication orders are not made, it would mean that in future cases of this kind a settlement could not be achieved because the respondent would have no incentive to settle where it was going to be exposed to a blizzard of bad press even if it did.”
Seems pragmatically reasonable on the face of it. Several News Ltd mastheads are sharing the story. As did the Graun.
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In sporting events, a heat check is when a player tries to execute an action that has a low probability of success. Such as, in basketball shooting the ball from half court or in footy a snap around the corner from the boundry with your back turned to the goal posts.
So, I am wondering,, what's the law equivalent of this? How does it differ between corporate, commercial, litigation etc...
It depends.
I spent a fair whack of my precious work time today trying to read the info on telephone intercept DVDs provided to me by NSW Police.
Turns out that their outdated web app only works with Internet Explorer! Yay for Y2K!
I tried all the usual browser suspects but nothing would render the HTML correctly.
Then after a bit of research I found out that Microsoft Edge has an Internet Explorer mode!
Like using a magic time machine, I was able to load the pages and run the ancient web app (code is copyright 1998-2000!). Good to know for next time.
Details on how to enable Internet explorer mode can be found at https://au.pcmag.com/migrated-15175-windows-10/92086/how-to-enable-internet-explorer-mode-in-windows-11
Are there any aglc reference generators that work? Endnotes does not.