22 September 5978 Views Litigation & Law Practice Unregulated airline pilot training a black hole safety risk for air passengers Outsourced jet pilot training and endorsement has been flagged as a potential black hole in the aviation safety regulation system. All aviation organi Continue reading
13 October 9660 Views Law practice Worst plaintiff ever? Dramatist of his own disaster in demolition of mental disorder damages After a five-day hearing in Mackay, the Supreme Court last month handed down judgment for the plaintiff in a liability admitted motor accident claim* Continue reading
13 October 26439 Views Law practice Court allows renewal of claim 13 years after injury: Plaintiff excused in "sorry saga" of "dilatory" solicitors Solicitors who failed to lodge a WorkCover notice of claim for damages and apply to renew a claim until 11 years after a farm accident had injured the Continue reading
14 October 26814 Views Law practice NZ visitors cautioned over second class legal system: Kiwi embassy must alter misleading website If you or your family are planning a trip to New Zealand, be warned that as you step off the aircraft after landing, you are entering a legal-liabilit Continue reading
29 October 9404 Views Personal Injury Hobbit laws apply but NZ removes misleading visitor website info The NZ embassy in Canberra has now responded to demands about misleading and deceptive injury compensation statements on its website by agreeing that Continue reading
20 November 22469 Views Personal Injury Bitter failure for insurer: Allianz doctors crushed in mill worker’s $660,000 win CTP insurer Allianz was last week defeated on all points in its Supreme Court denial of diminished working capacity for a 22-year-old sugar mill worke Continue reading
21 November 17382 Views Personal Injury ‘Leisurely pace’ of litigation fails to sink tourist’s Whitsunday boat accident claim The District Court in Brisbane was asked this month* to absolve a multitude of a statutory and procedural non-compliances relating to a personal injur Continue reading
23 November 4675 Views Personal Injury Fall down dusty stairs yields $500,000 for accident prone yacht fitter Can occupiers escape liability for defective stairs if a plaintiff merely "loses their footing" ? How much loss of earning capacity applies to someo Continue reading
30 December 7614 Views Personal Injury Frosty medicals smash fortunate worker’s future salary loss funds A Supreme Court damages ruling* this month well illustrates how the clock can be stopped on loss of future earnings calculations when residual dis Continue reading
30 December 15570 Views Personal Injury Probable improbables: Driller takes on liability share in fall down unsafe Newcrest mine shaft A seriously injured mine-worker overcame "improbable" facts "that might have been so obscure that no conclusions could be drawn", to defeat the combin Continue reading
19 June 4038 Views Opinonian Rights gap elephant may breed “Recognition” pup Progress towards constitutional “recognition” of indigenous Australians continues, with a decision on what initiatives will be put to voters for a Continue reading
28 June 5536 Views Personal Injury Patron neglects vehicle ID window in fast food drive-thru bump Neville Murray was about to order from a McDonald’s drive thru menu board, when his Nissan Maxima was bumped from behind, with enough force against Continue reading
29 June 7532 Views Personal Injury Qantas airport worker wins $225k, occupational physician ‘partisan’ A baggage handler who fell when he was attempting to reef a container out of a Boeing 767 aircraft at Cairns airport and fell backwards onto the loadi Continue reading
27 June 6333 Views Personal Injury ‘Glow in the dark’ bowling lane action a slippery affair A worker who slipped on the lacquered surface of a bowling lane during a work arranged tenpin play-off, has sustained a $261k injury as a result of he Continue reading
26 June 3599 Views All ‘Glow in the dark’ bowling lane action a slippery affair A worker who slipped on the lacquered surface of a bowling lane during a work arranged tenpin play-off needed surgery as a result of her fall.Send Message
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