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Alison Barrett

  • Principal, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
  • Columnist, Sisters in Law, News.com.au
Queensland
As seen in: News.com.au, The Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail, Gold Coast Bulletin, The Advertiser (South Australia), The Mercury (Tasmania), Northern Territory News, The Weekly Times, Townsville Bulletin, Geelong Advertiser and
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Innocent act that could end in eviction

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By Alison Barrett, Jillian Barrett
| Geelong Advertiser Verified
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn advise about your rights when it comes to a noisy neighbours. Question: My neighbour works strange shifts and often comes in at 4am and starts cleaning his apartment. He uses his vacuum at odd hours of the night – sometimes at 5am – and I can hear it through the wall.
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‘Lawful’: WFH news no one wants to hear

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By Alison Barrett, Jillian Barrett
| Geelong Advertiser Verified
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters, Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn, explain the legalities of employers culling work from home rights. QUESTION: My CEO has demanded that all staff work from the office full-time unless we have specific reasons not to, with one of the only reasons being if we’re sick with an infectious virus (and then we need a doctor’s note).
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Crazy rules at Australia’s strictest motel

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By Alison Barrett, Jillian Barrett
| Geelong Advertiser Verified
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters, Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn, explain the potential illegalities of a “mean-spirited” motel business.
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