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• Court Rules on PAMDA Warning Statements – When Can a Buyer Terminate?
• Smoke Alarm Disclosure – You’re damned if you don’t… so do it!
• Agent acknowledgements – are you obliged to sign?
• Agents preparing contracts – new laws from toda
• Stamp Duty change today mostly for the worse
• Time limits on recovery of rental arrears
• Rural land and water licences
• Waiving Cooling off Periods – How when and by whom?
• Sales to non-citizens – What approvals are needed?
• Asbestos in commercial buildings – contract implications?
• When should a buyer insure?
• Obtaining consent for fax and email communications
• First in best dressed on finance approval notifications
• Update – Rent reviews for retail shop leases
• Market reviews at option – when should rent be determined?
• When is GST payable on forfeited deposits?
• Disclosure statement errors in retail leases – what are the consequences?
• No Building Approval – Now What!
• Informal contracts to buy land – are they binding?
• De facto option in retail leases
• Seller liable for agent mis-statements in termination of off-the-plan contract
• RTA condition reports & agents’ liability for tenants’ injuries
• What was behind the race to help unit developers to prevent off-the-plan cancellations
• New tenancy law affects sales agents and property managers
• New tenancy laws part 2: Important changes for property managers
• Development Approval required for a lease? When?
• Late payment of balance deposits – how much of a problem?
• How good is your lease? – delinquent tenants
• How good is your lease? ‘Ratchet’ rent review provisos valid – for now
• How good is your lease? – Court says change in occupier is not always a change in possession
• Sustainability red tape adds costs to home sales
• How good is your lease? – Court rules change in tenant’s operations not a change of use – landlord’s Notice to Remedy dismissed
• Land Tax & Valuations: reprieve for investors & landlords
• When does size matter? – 15% smaller balcony not enough for river-front apartment sale termination
• International air travelers warned – ‘Book all air travel from home’
• WorkCover changes part of creeping eradication of individual rights
• Recovery of CTP compensation if injured by stationary vehicle? When?
• ‘U r served’: Court orders damages claim to be notified by Txt
• Fitness training not sport: Trainers sweat $80k for broken ankle; escape crunch for disc prolapse
• Coercion provisions in national conduct rules against public interest
• Passenger’s injury claim grounded: Jetstar boarding injury no accident
• Lockhart crash damages shows urgent need to update domestic air passenger compensation
• No witnesses, No recollection & intoxicated: Ambulance records only evidence of causation: Plaintiff wins $200,000 for fall into drain
• Burnouts not Dangerous recreational activity: crash risk not obvious: Plaintiff recovers $80k
• Unregulated airline pilot training a black hole safety risk for air passengers
• Cycling in park: no obvious risk, plaintiff succeeds
• Can we really? Plaintiff can recover the same damages from different defendants?
• Worst plaintiff ever? Dramatist of his own disaster in demolition of mental disorder damages
• Court allows renewal of claim 13 years after injury: Plaintiff excused in "sorry saga" of "dilatory" solicitors
• NZ visitors cautioned over second class legal system: Kiwi embassy must alter misleading website
• Hobbit laws apply but NZ removes misleading visitor website info
• Bitter failure for insurer: Allianz doctors crushed in mill worker’s $660,000 win
• ‘Leisurely pace’ of litigation fails to sink tourist’s Whitsunday boat accident claim
• Fall down dusty stairs yields $500,000 for accident prone yacht fitter
• Probable improbables: Driller takes on liability share in fall down unsafe Newcrest mine shaft
• Frosty medicals smash fortunate worker’s future salary loss funds
• Taxi cab confession costly: Client’s claim not filed because of poor prospects
• Solicitor hoisted on own petard: oily rag strategy no excuse after 4.5 year lapse
• Secretary’s awkward lift bad for betting boss: Tabcorp pays out on paper box back injury
• Lockhart crash settlement one of final chapters in tragedy
• A people’s revolt in Australia? Let’s advance alphabetically
• Suncorp triumphant in limitation brawl with naïve 16 yr old – what did she know?
• Council denies liability for bus driver bashed while guarding its cash
• Broken neck from dive into Fitzroy River: "high" risk known to council
• The law of roundabouts explained by Court of Appeal
• Resort death shock: when a separate WorkCover assessment is required
• ‘Unjust’ law side-stepped: WorkCover sure to prevail on parliament to fix
• Limitation bar set high…and plaintiffs must carry defendants’ baggage with them
• Miner extracts $860k from Rio Tinto: Lawn-mowing plays part in ankle injury damages
• State defeated on workers’ claims: just how unsafe are Southbank slabs?
• Third-in-line lawyer fails to take step: adult sexual abuse claim struck out
• Taxi abandons drunk passenger "on road to Jericho": QBE picks up bulk of $760k tab for widow
• Green light for plaintiff’s second crack: Double D’s can double these ($$)
• Delinquent plaintiff punished: "off with his head!"
• Chancer’s claim falls flat: WorkCover defeats thoroughly dodgy pretender
• Insurer intoxicated after pedestrian hit on appeal: take a further 20% off
• Jack-knifing trailer kills on single lane bridge: Suncorp keeps most $ but loses on costs
• Privilege prevails over staff expert records: defendants to gain forensic advantage
• Rocklea motorcycle appeal: Suncorp goes down; court slots Q.C.’s domestic ignorance; gives O.T. glowing reception
• Compensation claim outside 3 years: Plaintiffs escape time bar on "Battery"; do PIPA & CLA apply?
• Unpaid helper wins $250k for tree-lopping fall: damages to cushion labour market risk
• “Fobbed off” swim student overcomes solicitor’s neglect to scrape home on leave to proceed win
• Paint tinter’s limitation loss shines light on rights information censorship
• Mill worker’s case crushed: Rejected statutory claim shuts gate on NOCD back injury damages
• Claimants hold $350k on appeal: paper lift training needed, how to keep safe from assault
• Court excuses car owner from $200k liability because parent there to make joyride call
• Allianz a slave to doomed appeal strategy: accident injuries confirmed genuine
• Ambitious sign cutter wins husband but court sees red over injury income pretence
• Road rage traffic dodger collected on Logan Rd: driver targets home insurer for $660k foot chase death
• Pac-Fair slurpee fall: plaintiff proves cleaning rotation missed, concealing prior injury excused
• Bay of Pigs: Moti scandal disguises Australia shame
• Suncorp steers by sirens’ song: Classy clipper cuts $500k cheque
• Sixteen schooner a day miner survives tax and drug slurs: escapes with $380k and pride
• Worker absolved of sins of delay, lives to fight another day
• Sidewalk straddler smacked: $124k for pedestrian wing mirror blow
• Suspicious minds fuel desperate defence: "continuum of symptoms" routs bank beat up
• Glaring errors absent in remote rest-stop trip damages payout
• Exemplary damages for sexual abuse and trespass: when can you get them?
• Irish brogue scores change to amazing rotten luck
• Woolies check out clanger cashes out customer & changes food fall floor claims forever
• Building owners escape responsibility on CBD glass shatter claim
• Suncorp smashed on time barrier in motorway flying debris suit
• Painter prisoner in well timed lurch at puddle payment
• Likely lad creates hostel havoc: Civil Liability Act no bar to "battery" suit
• Court slams specialist’s secret video view backflip
• Benevolent Bunnings
• Artisan survives war zones to lose $200k claim for co-worker race assault
• Legless lass chalks up litigation loss in "I’ll rip your head off" hotel confrontation
• Golf pro’s prang: prize money dictates ‘paltry’ earnings loss
• Small step for one man, a giant leap from rigs and their kind
• Call girls faultless in city hotel room needle stick injury
• Prisoner wins ‘battery’ damages for over-the-top DNA sampling
• River boat accident yields small compensation pickings for boardroom mogul
• Facebook posts and life-quality choice diminish ‘Indiana Jones’ head-on injury deficit claim
• Domestic airline pax compo trade-off: more for mutilation, less for mental anguish
• Patient strikes out on $1 mil make-over lawsuit: DIY claim ‘replete’ with errors
• Serial claimant’s ‘mildly mental’ plea to stop compensation clock
• Suspicion of undeclared work no bar to $400k win for long suffering kiwi
• Living green: homeowners’ hazard prevention does not require pruning overgrown habitat
• Crown puts down ‘unconvincing’ employee in factory floor rumble
• Hailers at peril with traffic stopping moves
• Trucker beats suspicion in Nerang crash injury win
• Lockhart families win catch value: damages capped by out-of-date limits
• Wharfie put to ‘back-breaking’ work, employer not liable for back break
• ‘Gun’ tiler outnumbered, jail time too high an obstacle to win
• Concrete truck for sure, but which one at fault in slurry spill?
• WorkCover appeal goes down on Neil Armstrong truck-cab descent
• Big Brother skipper ordered to pay boat collision trial costs
• Messy claim unearths gems for future air passenger injury arguments
• Expert roll call for airport cycle smash
• Appeal court ups damages to mark disapproval of prisoner treatment
• Redcliffe’s many favourite sons: city’s role in "snail in the bottle" story
• ‘Puzzling’ plaintiff paints confusing picture, sinks claim
• Patron falls flat on buffet claim
• ‘Good day, bad day’ strategy trumps peeping tom video
• PAMDA change under way, serious reform still needed
• Court raps WorkCover over "offensive" point taking in psych injury assessment
• Food people just too fresh: court checks out assessment manipulation at damages gateway
• Guest up $500k on appeal for "filthy" hotel needle stick injury
• Employer defeats $300k claim, not liable for employee’s "own carelessness"
• Court chides lawyers for disclosure avoidance, blocks laborer’s $2 mil payout
• Dancer in self-represented CTP win after drunk Story Bridge bike stack
• New cruise ship injury laws on horizon: "Grandeur" set ablaze
• Cruise passenger bill of rights: just PR?
• State files appeal in Fraser Island tetraplegia claim
• Court choice forces lower damages payout for injured farm labourer
• Cycling not inherently dangerous: rider defeats council on Shorncliffe roadworks wreck
• Masseuse exposed by clumsy detective’s brazen DVD capture
• “Mind the gap”: when are verbal hazard warnings sufficient?
• Army injury records shaft miner in $1.9mil damages ask
• Workers fall short in psych injury claims; security guard gets $364k on temper tantrum appeal
• Sexagenarian selfie wins limitation extension for legal precinct whack
• Council fails to defeat road worker’s $642k truck descent claim, tray manufacturer exonerated
• Tough crowd: improv falls flat on appeal court audience
• Skier towed onto sandbank, insurer argues boat sports unsafe
• Bali bombing journo’s PTSD: should superiors screen susceptible staff for stress?
• Mixed messages on safety hands pig worker big win for knife slash
• Staff instruction crucial to nightclub assault defence: when is “do as I say” enough?
• MASwings commuter flight crashes in Sabah, 2 dead and 15 injured
• Qld workers face job interview booby trap, employer discrimination ok
• Worker bumped on $2 mil claim; fall at function not foodie’s fault
• Seafood chef late to court, seeks time extension for starters
• Workbench injury a private affair – Court
• Solicitor advice dooms wrist injury limitation extension?
• Expense & inconvenience too great for multinational corps to bear, safety measure ‘not warranted’
• Air crew errors responsible for Russian air tragedy
• Injured racer argues liability waiver too broad, CLA not applicable
• Engine failure leads to PNG remote strip forced landing, 3 dead
• Dear America: A letter from home down under
• PAMDA exit all good, but don’t throw out baby with the suds
• Trans African crash kills 34 in remote game park, rogue pilot flies plane into ground
• Suncorp pleads ‘clunker defence’: you knew it was a rust bucket, suck up your brain injuries
• Mover injured walking desk through study, claim Fritzzed
• Repo man bricked by angry customer, sues CTP insurer
• International Boeing flight in gear up landing, passengers injured in evacuation
• Kazak crash on approach likely due crew errors in poor visibility
• What’s the beef with Queensland’s judges?
• Telfer windshear exposes passengers to hard landing and causes major aircraft damage
• Fraser Island lake fall: state immunity claim fails, appeal judges rule for Irish tourist
• Video footage beats up on hoist injury shoulder claim
• Insurer on attack over $700k/yr mine manager’s income loss claim
• Workcover bruised on 1, 2, 3 self-defence training technique, psych nurse collects
• Claimant “coy” on intersection manoeuvre, RACQ wins on countback
• Pledge now: Not to Txt and drive
• Qantas and others face more frequent turbulence claims as consequence of climate change
• Bikie vendetta
• MH370 families in legal limbo over bank funds & insurance payouts, Qld courts have role
• Rumble in Robina
• ‘Hobby’ drone in Australia’s first near miss with commercial aircraft
• Play within a play: courtroom this actor’s stage
• Kitchen worker handed $530k, medical specialist "disavows" earlier report
• Low flying pilot crashes into power line, not liable says court
• Vulnerability no bar to bullied shoppie’s $1.2 mil damages ask
• N.T. cattleman sues Robinson over crash, claims helicopter "defective"
• Deficient tools decide damages demand for "poor historian", wins $680k
• Unconventional relationship equally a ‘marriage’ for dependency rules
• Most likely traffic crash victims: German, English, US & Japanese
• What do Andrew Bolt and Larry Flynt have in common?
• ‘Some controversies should never be litigated’: plaintiffs to pay $1 mil costs after rejecting $600k offer
• Just how ‘loyal’ must solicitors be? Appeal court decides
• Mirvac nailed on railing, outsourcing no defence
• Is single-engine flying training a dangerous recreational activity?
• Motorcyclist sues for stones on road, wins $1.3 million
• Difficult-to-drive crane in out of control road crash, employer not liable
• BHP slammed on miner’s injury limitation block
• Mining slump no bar to $865k boilermaker verdict, specialist’s opinion ‘inexplicable’
• Judges say worker law change fuels employment discrimination
• Rights gap elephant may breed “Recognition” pup
• ‘Glow in the dark’ bowling lane action a slippery affair
• ‘Glow in the dark’ bowling lane action a slippery affair
• Patron neglects vehicle ID window in fast food drive-thru bump
• Qantas airport worker wins $225k, occupational physician ‘partisan’
• Bonfire horror engulfs 5, damages bill may exceed $1 mil
• Brisbane garden deathtrap, court awards $446k to widow
• Judge overruled on anti-jogger decision
• Meat worker boned, inconsistencies and exaggeration sink claim
• Airport kerbside bang-up, lawyer’s damages cut
• Maccas safety suspect, chef fluffs $320k claim
• Court slashes $1.5 mil heirloom claim to $34k
• Casino slotted for shift-worker’s ‘sleep debt’
• Boat cruise punch-up leads to workplace lawsuit
• Court considers dementia will to stop daughter-in-law gain
• Litigators to take aim at controllers and regulators over MH-17 flightpath
• Terror bluster wrong message to prevent division
• Brisbane counts on first impressions for G20 dividend
• Market on the move: seller uses notice defect to crash contract after signing
• Airborne and out of control, how fast is safe on flooded highway?
• Does death become her? Solicitor wins on two week will delay
• Nominal Defendant v Bacon: Head-on collision in dust cloud, Who’s at fault?
• WorkCover Claim: Wrist injury onset 18 years after fall, time bar a problem
• Council Negligence: Loose stones road death, ‘roadworks’ warning insufficient
• Terror hysteria aside, police powers already rival Gestapo says judge
• G20 disruption details still withheld
• Dealer in winning $200k hand
• Council argues immunity on $2.9 mil car barrier civil liability lawsuit
• Moreton Island boat too close, too fast: run-down diver wins $675k
• Aussies more vocal at losing # 1 bragging rights than on reef degradation
• Labour hire group taps WorkCover to cover injury indemnity for co-liable host
• Toddler poisoned by ‘non-toxic’ heat pack gel, overseas supplier to pay $900k
• Injury date discrepancy no bar to valid NOCD, phoned in medical report “totally inadequate”
• Court awards $1.7 mil for services club brain injury assault
• Sluggish economy looms over Queensland election
• Dung dust illness not just coincidence, Bunnings to pay $700k in worker lawsuit
• Lifetime future earnings damages for child witness to horror road death
• Accident at sea: Carnival slammed on cruise injury lawsuit
• Dual career triathelete poses income loss quandry
• RACQ mines childhood social media posts to block $$ to Mackay 4WD accident victim
• Record contender for cycling’s local Everest
• Island yacht charter lawsuit follows catamaran stairs fall
• Behind Queensland’s ballot-box backlash
• Compensation calculator now on-line
• Uber Alles?
• Police lose video evidence, inebriated tradie stumbles on $300k hotel payout
• ‘Inattentive’ ferryman paid: Ferry Co to splash out $1 mil for sill(y) error
• Experts clash on crane crash cause, worker’s case collapses
• Court orders Suncorp to pay up on airport worker’s $1.3 mil brain injury
• Taking home what’s left of your meal- what’s the law?
• Call centre trainee viciously attacked, Optus baulks at $3.8 mil labour hire compo
• Pilot inexperience a potential factor in budget airline crashes
• Employer in $2 mil battle over resolution of hostile co-worker complaints
• Blinded patient sues GP, Appeal court orders $6.7 mil for 3 day treatment delay
• Single security guard assaulted on wedding duty by drunk guest, sues venue
• Mt Coot-tha conqueror takes on 3 peaks Challenge
• Kid’s can’t eat here: What’s the law?
• Treasurer not for sale, response to Qld’s retrospective donation laws may be telling
• A literary offence: teacher sues school over author’s account of heroine’s sex life
• Boat fire pastor stays on full pay but duty to re-pay church helps in $700k win
• Competing drivers’ duties: heavy weaving vehicle v. "follower" with chance to evade hazard
• Intersection crash yields $64k for worker likely be laid off first & recruited last
• New Rewards for CCL cycling members
• Appeal judges order Maccas must pay out to playground rescue hero
• Seriously injured driver moved to rear seat after impact?
• Doctor in local lawsuit for Bangkok culinary calamity
• Fall from cliff top at night to beach below not of council’s doing
• Claimant sues specialist over “conspiratorial, shambolic” medical report
• Sex accusation by Txt brings $100k defamation ask
• High speed country road gravel smash nets downed rider $615k
• From killing field to slaughter house: refugee worker in abattoir compo win
• ‘That’s not a knife’: accidental stabbing not employer’s fault
• Reticence to report a potential roadblock to Rio worker’s injury recovery
• Woolies pinged on “unlawful” hold out to injured worker’s $750k lawsuit
• Good Friday "Christmas" party a Noosa River tragedy
• Telstra on hook for $16 mil helicopter wire-strike injury
• Psychiatric damages big part of $1 mil award when family told of air crash death
• Shower injury wins compo for around-the-clock worker
• UK tourists fail to Captain Cook, campervan U-turn splatters Sunday morning bikers
• PTSD and depression: psychiatric injuries of the mind or organic in origin?
• Is quad biking a ‘dangerous recreational activity’?
• Employer’s limitation prejudice ruled relevant to only part of claim
• Insurer hits back at $390k home upkeep damages for neighbour’s pathway fall
• No helmet, no problem in $2.2 mil skateboard brain injury compensation award
• Disc degeneration proved trauma-induced but selfie-inflicted damage sinks eco loss claim
• Stonewalling earthmover must make tracks to shift mountain of evidence
• Council worker crushed on $630k crack at never-before-seen machinery failure
• Boat thrill rider sprayed on disc thump
• ‘One day wrongfully in jail is one day too many’: $2.3 mil for 6 years locked away
• Workers Compensation Threshold Scrapped – Huge Win For Qld Workers
• Candyman nanny left with sour taste over claim $$
• Electrician escapes blame on $820k house inferno; meter, not wiring the cause
• Palm Island pair win violent arrest damages, police ‘shock & awe’ raid unlawful
• Cleaner assaulted in early am car park hook up; Big Mac at fault?
• Solicitor sues his lawyer, jet ski injury compensation damages not enough
• Staff breasts ogled by State Library supervisor, covert pics: ‘unconnected to employment’
• “Nothing accident” aggravates pre-existing condition on sideways sitting forklift?
• Top 8 Mistakes That Can Make a Contract Void
• No mat on wet steps, dinner guest wins $782k for fall
• Claimant overdoes hand tremor, experts recant on surveillance footage
• Fee-split contractor a worker for injury compensation
• Bus driver sued for $175k after commuter struck on Adelaide St
• RACQ rebuffed on QCAT ruling re MVA victim’s financial capacity
• Court blasts limitation hold-out against faithful employee “who got on with life”
• Truck co agitates against driver’s neck $$:’story changed by new allegations’
• PI lawyers do battle: witness box polish vs imperfection & apprehension
• Court blasts mining camp’s compo hold out for in-bed worker assault
• MVA Golf Pro refused leave to add $4mil to claim
• Based at home staff: a home is still a home
• ‘Tampon tax’ class action in New York gains traction, will it go global?
• 13 years on a slab; Qld court rejects daughters’ plea to stop mother’s burial
• Only-child left out: ”Harsh” will comes before UK Supreme Court
• 9 things you must do after a car accident
• CCL answers your questions – Is my lump sum accident payment taxable?
• 5 must-know tips for first home buyers
• Psych injury halts MVA return to work, cannabis no bar to $450k damages
• 6 most common car accident injuries
• ‘Not injured at all’ rules judge amid medication confusion and ‘slow’ impact speed
• No supervisor on meatworks floor: shoulder to shoulder boner wins $125k
• Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay up over faulty metal hip
• 7 Misunderstood QLD Road Rules
• Australia’s most common work injury
• Young Drivers: Here’s what you need to know
• What price staff safety? $15/night security escort too much for Domino’s to pay
• Court rolls insurer on water-ski liability immunity & policy exclusion, $800k for severed foot
• 11 must-know road safety rules for drivers and cyclists
• Facebook brings Woodford brain injury claimant crashing back to earth
• Landlord fails to evict Airbnb ‘sublet’ tenants
• The TOP SIX clangers in work claims
• Stress in the workplace. What goes?
• Insurer files appeal against Chief Justice $650k step slip award
• The obvious paradox of risk: $318k for ‘dark night’ broken wrist
• Is their school liable for your kids’ safety?
• Road authority in records cover-up until limitation expired, opposes extension
• Student visa crash victim wins permanent residency income loss
• Brisbane’s worst intersections
• New tax laws for properties $2 million plus
• Insurer defeated on jailbird’s injury claim strike-out due to own delay
• Conflict is normal, screaming at overworked staff is not. Assistant wins $436k compo
• Footpath fall – Council faulted on poor response to slippery footpath risk
• Sweet cruise deal
• Patient gets expert support 6 months after limitation expiry, hospital fights extension bid
• Rent-to-buy caution
• Beat up in Point Piper
• High-rise pets in vogue
• Qantas steward in WorkCover win over LA arrest psych injury
• Tourist crossing tragedy, QBE trumped on $2 mil future loss claim
• Wet shopping centre tiles a significant fall risk
• Sick police officers subjected to under-cover insurance snoops
• Slater & Gordon under the hammer
• Defamation on social media – Ex-wife sues for Facebook post
• Cane toads move in – renters want a refund over concerns for dog
• Carmody tipped to lead QCAT from October replacing Justice David Thomas
• Federal Court battle – Adani mega mine claims victory in landmark
• US giant Lowe’s slaps Woolworths with lawsuit after Masters flop
• 6 facts on using your mobile phone while driving
• Property guide – helpful tips for purchasing off-the-plan property
• Uber legislation passes in Queensland Government
• Top 5 road safety tips when driving in bad weather
• Defamation claim squashed, “Dennis Denuto” slur trivial not damaging
• Vacation injuries to look out for these school holidays
• Cyclists in hi-vis – Council call for new safety rule
• Roads to avoid – Wild weather predicted
• Slater and Gordon sue over Qunindell acquisition
• Crane collapse leaves workers hanging inside
• Brisbane and South West corridor Property Market Snapshot Event
• Painter suffers back injury after floored over mat confusion 
• Flogged employee wins appeal against Woolies’ attrition
• Staff member devastated by phone call "stand down", does reasonable management immunity apply?
• Visa barred bikie associate wins $156k crash damages by video link
• Work place injuries – which profession are you most likely to get hurt in?
• The booming suburbs of Brisbane – median house prices double
• The debacle continues as a jury deliberates on the Gable Tostee trial
• Gable Tostee not Guilty of murdering Tinder date jury finds after deliberation
• The Queensland Rail debacle sends commuters off the rails
• Socceroo tragically dies over hospital mistake in South Australia
• Police botch harbour cruise taxi arrest, Gold Coast property developer gets $582k
• Neighbour woes and rows – Judge rules "Live and let live"
• Dreamworld investigations continue on Thunder River Rapids ride
• Dash Cams are growing in popularity but what are the legal advantages and disadvantages
• Who will be Australian of the year 2017 – Sydney Lawyer Deng Adut?
• Trumped! Donald Trump is America’s 45th President after beating Hilary Clinton to the top position
• Schoolies, is the festival a rite of passage or legal nightmare?
• Federal court in US rules Twitter cannot be held liable for ISIS attacks
• Christmas Season Legal Blues
• Flight goes down in Columbia with only 6 of the 77 passengers surviving
• Too close to Christmas, tragic accident strikes Queensland stonemason
• Plane over shoots runway in Columbia killing 5 passengers
• Plane veers off runway in Goa – with 15 passengers suffering injuries
• 2016 Annual road toll surpasses previous years
• Family sues Apple over FaceTime crash but is it justified?
• Tourist plane ride ends in tragedy with one dead and three seriously injured
• Travelling Neighbouring Countries – What you should know about opposing laws
• School is back – it’s time to slow down in school zones to keep our kids safe
• Most common car crashes in QLD
• Shooting on set of rap video in Brisbane CBD
• Donald Trump is definitely making changes as the 45th President
• Visa denied – Australian-Iranian citizen denied US visa for school trip following Trump’s executive order
• Laws from the globe, so strange you didn’t know they existed
• Jet ski crash takes life of young Australian woman while holidaying in Thailand
• Brisbane neurosurgeon suing Austrian Airlines after table tray "malfunction"
• E-Cigarette causes indisputable damages
• Texas Injury Firm lawyer among Melbourne aircraft crash victims
• Passenger sues for wrongful detention & excessive force in international airport bust up
• Ambulance man drops stretcher; Island stroke victim wins $560k
• Wee hours tumble at roadhouse landmark
• Overnight motel stop leads to kid’s pool tragedy
• Lionel Patea pleads guilty over the murder of Tara Brown
• Driverless cars and the legal issues surrounding liability
• Conveyancing Frequently Asked Questions
• Agency in hot water for misleading buyers
• Pilot crashes in cloud after pressing on, sues for inadequate weather warnings
• Suncorp thwarted in highway head-on limitation extension road block
• Claims notice delivered before injuries assessed enough to stop limitation clock
• Tiny fire stair height variation a ‘hidden trap’: Physio in $1.8 mil damages win
• Bourke Street Claims
• US Court rules- No jurisdiction on overseas corporations
• Fraudulent compensation claim caught on tape
• Allison Baden-Clay daughters to receive insurance payout
• The Federal Budget – Winners and Losers
• Workplace incident leaves man’s leg crushed
• Truck and tram collide in Melbourne
• Ariana Grande Concert Attack
• Court rules denial of injury compensation to car thief youth “harsh and unjust”
• Car detailer stuck by needle gets $313k for shock and incontinence
• Need for speed cruels rider’s $892k compensation payout
• FIFO worker sues for PNG slip and fall in Brisbane
• Man lucky to be alive after freak work accident
• Bomb scare on Virgin Airlines flight from Sydney
• Watch dog ACCC takes Thermomix to court over consumer injuries
• Appeal court slams compo biker’s medical expert “ambush”
• Hotel to blame for lax wet weather safety measures
• Feisty street evangelists score damages from police over wrongful arrests
• “Slight shudder” roundabout crash yields $540k for driver
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• Oh Snap! PT session ends in hospital stint
• Brisbane’s biggest sandpit is our new $1.2 billion runway
• Airlines’ overseas agreements ruled illegal for their effect on Australian competition
• In-depth Look at Public Liability Insurance
• Insurer demolition of specialists rejected; assessments ‘substantially’ AMA 5 compliant
• Coal mine classifies personnel as sub-contractors to crush labour-hire injury
• No medical visit till two years later: Nurse awarded $481k
• Do I really need a conveyancer?
• Shoe tack in safety boots leads to toe amputation – NYC worker settles for $1 mil
• Grade 4 girl gets damages from school for student bullying
• School bus crash with 23 children on-board in southeast Queensland
• Accident risks to cyclists don’t stop at the kerb
• Botched plastic surgery patient passes away
• Rebel Wilson awarded 4.56 million in defamation suit
• fatigue driving the same as drink driving?
• WOMAN SUES GOLD COAST HOLIDAY PARK FOR $4MIL TRAMPOLINE INJURY
• Man ‘burnt by his beer’ gets $750k
• Teenager dies after allegedly assaulting an employee at a Newcastle pool
• South-west Brisbane suburb set for property boom
• How a pizza sauce put girl in hospital
• ‘RACIST’ RESTAURANT SUES SBS
• FRESH FOODIES TO PAY OVERWORKED ORDER PICKER $780K FOR BACK INJURY
• STATE SUNK ON APPEAL, LOSES $558K INJURY IMMUNITY BID
• What to do when you’ve been injured at work
• Tostee in $300k taxpayer ask
• CCL Knows How to Party!
• How To Sue For Personal Injury
• Model patient wins humiliation $$ after Dr’s unwelcome full body exam
• Doctors sued over delayed cancer diagnosis
• Burnt bodies & suicides – officer conceals PTSD, refuses counselling: awarded $1.4 mil
• Adrenaline "would have revived her"; $3 mil QAS asthma attack lawsuit fails
• Mining giant trounced on heavy rock compo hold out to "stoic" new recruit
• Water spill slip – just 90 seconds after cleaning inspection – wins $477k judgement
• Shower glue-job results in $223k soap dish injury to part time tenant
• DIY psych treatment program ruled OK for ambulance officers’ trauma
• In planes and on boats, bad acts by states lay siege to benevolent federal laws
• One small step for man – employers reminded to keep up the training to staff
• Three Cs biker overcomes chequered police history to defeat Suncorp shakedown in highway tanker prang
• Psychiatrist’s suspicions hosed out on miner’s $1 mil depressive illness claim
• One of two brothers asleep at the wheel: “You were the driver”, “No it was you”.
• Tourist boat back injury foreseeable, just not where big wave caused tourist’s broken back
• Doctor shopping? Insurer caught out as injury assessment strategy struck down
• Grape slip fall foreseeable but risk of school teacher injury in high traffic area “insignificant”
• C.Q. court to review Brisbane bus accident compensation settlement, refuses case transfer
• Order picker in $520k injury win over too low shelf height and “engineered” pick rate
• Expert’s about face allows out-of-time GP ambulance transfer lawsuit
• Injury settlement funds depleted, victim recovers financial loss from advisor
• “Adequate”; system of work found wanting in hospital patient’s attack on nurse
• Adrenaline ruling reversed: brain damaged patient treated with wrong drug
• Injured cyclist loses sea legs: Judge pans “purportedly objective” medical expert in $644k win
• Hazard warnings part of road repair function: council pays biker $304k for absent danger sign
• Truck accident avoidable by flouting traffic laws; court holds driver negligent for not flouting
• Ford v Ferrari: at-fault insurers must pay for equivalent luxury in replacement vehicle hire
• The Legal Advantages / Disadvantages of Dash Cams
• Daydream Island bedroom assault: resort escapes $650k verdict
• Teacher in horror crash gets nod for longstanding psych injury limitation extension
• Senior employee wins psych payout for reasonable management action taken unreasonably
• Inadequate training a whole bunch of trouble for Qld banana empire
• Court rebuffs WCQ’s stroke compensation claim denial- what are the consequences?
• Servo worker rolls WorkCover on “injury just waiting to happen” ruling
• Overworked council man wins $1.3 mil for “flawed” performance improvement process
• Federal Court tops up injury damages with Fair Work compensation
• Employer defeated: ‘trivial event’ not the cause of delayed onset severe pain
• “Torrent of abuse” hurled at vulnerable worker: QIRC allows animal control psych claim
• Officer wins $860k for police failure to review mental health prior to return to duty
• QIRC upholds workers’ comp application made 17 months after first GP consult
• Labour hire worker causes $1.9 mil injury: host employer at fault
• Car Accident Facts: 9 Essential Truths That Could Save Your Life
• Everywhere worker gets green light to sue in Queensland for NT injury
• DV outreach worker awarded $1.25 mil for assault by client’s husband
• WCQ whipped on compliance ask for NOCD particulars of negligence
• Suing For Psychological Injury in Australia
• Safety measures messages mixed: thumb injury costs firm $727k
• Nurses bump hospital bed: ICU patient wins $350k for spinal injury
• Without warning: emotional worker sues for demotion hurt
• Worker’s lapse maims offsider; how can victim sue?