Tales from the crypt: Estate planning for cryptocurrency
In the early years of cryptocurrency emergence, whether or not cryptocurrency was “property”, capable of being bought, sold, and bequeathed in a Will, was uncertain. The mist now appears to have cleared, helped by a decision last year of the High Court in New Zealand.1 There...
Shattered: Sorghum growers’ claim rejected by Supreme Court
In April this year, the Supreme Court in Mallonland Pty Ltd & Anor v Advanta Seeds Pty Ltd [2021] QSC 74 rejected a claim by a group of sorghum growers for damages said to have been suffered from seed which included the shattercane weed. Shattercane is genetically related to s...
