Until fairly recently, most Australian lawyers would have agreed with the proposition that in order for an organisation to be liable for an individual’s torts, there would need to be a relationship of employment between the organisation and the individual. However, in the last couple of years, the Supreme Court of Victoria considered the position

On the very first page of the leading Australian textbook on the law  of trusts, you will find the statement that, “a trust is not a juristic person with the legal personality distinct from that of the trustee and beneficiary”.  This is a lawyerly way of saying “a trust is a relationship – it is