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Tag: Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Physical activity
“Whilst all reasonable people know that any form of physical activity is both unpleasant and dangerous, and probably unhealthy as well; and whilst sport, which is communal physical activity, suffers the added feature of exposing its participants to the perils of tribal barbarism; nonetheless the law has never regarded the playing of sport as contrary… Read more →
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A Delphic Prophecy
At ancient Delphi the oracle spoke to Apollo’s chosen intermediary. Originally a male monster (python), she had evolved in later mythology into a wise middle aged woman. Nevertheless, her disjointed babblings were recorded by attendant (male) priests who rendered them into ambiguous verse which was in turn open to endless interpretations. It all sounds like… Read more →
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Used car salesman
The deceased appears to have maintained simultaneous domestic establishments with all three women and their respective children. In terms of division of his time he appears to have given preference to Margaret Green, but it seems that he spent two nights a week, regularly, with the respondent and, at least according to her evidence, gave… Read more →