A Kominar Chronicle: In the beginning… 

Contrary to some opinion, solicitation is not entirely within the realm of the street-walker. Lawyers do it too! Today, Nadine was admitted to the roll of Queensland Solicitors in Brisbane this morning!

No one objected to this appointment and all went smoothly in court, complete with fancy wigs and an appearance by Chief Justice S. Clause!

It’s been a long road, full of speeding fines and slight detours, but ‘everybody would do it if the road were easier’.

Congratulations Nadine!

Nadine and I bought some yeast the other day in hopes of making our own delicious pizza dough. On the of the box we found a recipe for cinnamon buns and realized that we already had all of the ingredients! Why we ever bought mixed spice in the first place is beyond me.

Regardless, the cinnamon buns turned out delicious with walnuts and icing sugar on top. We look forward to cooking more tasty treats!

Yes, it is that time again already. Just like that another semester as blown by. Mind you, there are still exams to be completed, but class work has finished for 071!

This semester, I’ll be writing the following:

• IT & The Law
• Equity
• Evidence
• Bookkeeping ( /Ethics)

I’ve been pretty on the ball with regard to IT & The Law, contributing in tutorial and paying attention. As such, the exam doesn’t worry me that much, it’s only an hour long and has short answer, fill in the blanks, and one or two problem style questions. It only covers the last half of the semester which includes Copyright, Patents, Encryption, Privacy considerations. It’s my first exam and I’m happy to get it out of the way early before the exam season officially begins. (Tues April 10)

Equity will require much more studying. These are comprehensive exams and require much more diligence to do well. For equity we’re allowed to pick areas to study as there is always choice on the exam. Dennis Ong particularly likes to taunt students by offering them a gamble of a lifeline by doing a ‘tracing’ question. Tracing involves tracing the money trail of goods in order to give appropriate equitable remedies. It’s apparently hit or miss, if you get some of the numbers wrong you can expect a 3~4 out of 20. However, if you get the numbers right you will automatically be given ~17 out of 20, Dennis will assume that you know the law and it is correct if you get the calculations correct. I haven’t decided which route I’m taking yet, but I may opt to study for tracing. (Mon April 16)

Evidence is very different from any other law class I’ve studied so far. It requires you to learn a new method of thinking rather than studying specific laws within standard areas (property, land, criminal law, etc..) We’re generally responsible for knowing the rules of evidence which include considering relevancy, hearsay exceptions, judicial notices and a host of other evidence-like things. (Wed April 18)

Bookkeeping involves keeping track of trust account money and dealing with the rules/regulations governing them. It was only a half semester course, Ethics was the other half and I’ve already finish the take home exam for that. The exam is mostly practical involving us cooking the books and balancing trial balances, cash books and investment accounts. (Thur April 19)

Wish me luck! I’ll be done soon…