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How the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) treats home security cameras: the s 8 trespass test for video, and why the camera's microphone is judged by a completely different rule.
When you can record your own phone call in New South Wales under the Surveillance Devices Act 2007, how the federal interception law fits in, and the separate risk of sharing a recorded call.
The ACT's Workplace Privacy Act 2011 requires 14 days notice before optical, tracking or data surveillance at work and a Magistrates Court authority for covert surveillance. Workplace audio stays under the Listening Devices Act 1992.
The ACT has no general optical surveillance statute, so a security camera's video is largely unregulated outside a narrow voyeurism offence. Its audio is governed by the Listening Devices Act 1992 s.4.
Recording your own phone call in the ACT is governed by the Listening Devices Act 1992 s.4, not federal wiretapping law. Section 5 separately restricts sharing a recorded call, even a lawful one.
New Zealand wills and estates law: making a valid will, enduring power of attorney, probate (now $40,000), contesting a will, and dying without a will.
What probate is in New Zealand, when the High Court needs to grant it, the small estate threshold that rose to $40,000 in September 2025, and why land always needs it.
What the Wills Act 2007 requires for a valid will in New Zealand: who can make one, being in writing and signed, and witnessed by two witnesses present together.
The two types of enduring power of attorney in New Zealand under the PPPR Act 1988: one for property and one for personal care and welfare, and when each takes effect.
What happens when someone dies without a will in New Zealand: the Administration Act 1969 distribution order for a spouse, partner, children and other relatives.
How to contest a will in New Zealand under the Family Protection Act 1955: who can claim, the moral duty test, and the 12-month time limit from the grant of probate.
Ehegattenunterhalt in Österreich: der fähigkeitsbasierte Anspruch nach § 94 ABGB während der Ehe und das Verschulden nach §§ 66 bis 68 EheG nach der Scheidung.