13 March 13263 Views Law practice Broken neck from dive into Fitzroy River: "high" risk known to council The Supreme Court has ruled on the claim of a 17-year-old student who sustained quadriplegia in September 2002 when his head struck the river bed dur Continue reading
16 March 8186 Views Personal Injury The law of roundabouts explained by Court of Appeal The vexed question of who has to do what on traffic roundabouts came before the highest court of the state last week by way of an appeal by Suncorp co Continue reading
10 March 15171 Views Personal Injury Council denies liability for bus driver bashed while guarding its cash A 42-year-old bus driver attacked by an unknown assailant with a piece of timber at 7 p.m. in June 2006 at a Balmoral bus stop when returning from a t Continue reading
14 April 6515 Views Personal Injury Resort death shock: when a separate WorkCover assessment is required Part of a Gold Coast security guard's psychiatric injury attributable to post-incident events will be un-compensable, following WorkCover’s successf Continue reading
17 April 5790 Views Personal Injury Limitation bar set high…and plaintiffs must carry defendants’ baggage with them The Court of Appeal reminded plaintiffs on Friday* that the bar to be cleared for an extension of time beyond a limitation period is high and that in Continue reading
18 April 5451 Views Personal Injury Miner extracts $860k from Rio Tinto: Lawn-mowing plays part in ankle injury damages The Supreme Court last week ordered* a Rio Tinto company to pay a 50-year-old dragline operator $864,686.58 damages as compensation for injuries susta Continue reading
15 April 18092 Views Personal Injury ‘Unjust’ law side-stepped: WorkCover sure to prevail on parliament to fix The court of appeal has given workers – and parliament - the benefit of the doubt in construing statutory provisions designed to restrict payouts f Continue reading
12 May 27799 Views Law practice State defeated on workers’ claims: just how unsafe are Southbank slabs? Workers have succeeded twice in two weeks against operators of Brisbane's state-owned Southbank complex, defeating arguments that their only rights la Continue reading
12 May 5273 Views Personal Injury Third-in-line lawyer fails to take step: adult sexual abuse claim struck out The plaintiff claimed her massage therapist had misrepresented his qualifications as to “counselling”, had inappropriately advised her on personal Continue reading
19 May 4924 Views Personal Injury Taxi abandons drunk passenger "on road to Jericho": QBE picks up bulk of $760k tab for widow A landmark judgment that traverses multiple aspects of the law of negligence this week delivered more than $760,000 to a Gold Coast social worker foll Continue reading
19 June 2686 Views Personal Injury Green light for plaintiff’s second crack: Double D’s can double these ($$) The line of authorities that demonstrates how plaintiffs might recover double damages against joint tortfeasors was bolstered on Thursday by a Supreme Continue reading
20 June 4159 Views Personal Injury Delinquent plaintiff punished: "off with his head!" A “draconian” guillotine order that has the effect of automatically dismissing a motor accident injury compensation claim - should the plaintiff f Continue reading
21 June 5964 Views Personal Injury Chancer’s claim falls flat: WorkCover defeats thoroughly dodgy pretender The spectacular collapse last month of a "deceitful" plaintiff's injury compensation claim was for once a magnificent vindication of the (usually unsu Continue reading
24 July 4041 Views Personal Injury Insurer intoxicated after pedestrian hit on appeal: take a further 20% off Allianz failed to overturn a $160,000 running down verdict on the grounds the trial judge had engaged in unsupported speculation by relying on her “ Continue reading
24 July 5591 Views Personal Injury Jack-knifing trailer kills on single lane bridge: Suncorp keeps most $ but loses on costs The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that a "stoic" plaintiff awarded $200,000 for the death of her 66-year-old workaholic husband should also recover Continue reading
24 July 11863 Views Personal Injury Privilege prevails over staff expert records: defendants to gain forensic advantage Breast Screen Queensland was last week protected by a Supreme Court ruling from disclosing internal communications pertaining to the negligent diagnos Continue reading
21 August 3331 Views Personal Injury Rocklea motorcycle appeal: Suncorp goes down; court slots Q.C.’s domestic ignorance; gives O.T. glowing reception In a joint judgment, three appeal judges last week admonished QC Syd Williams for a "lack of understanding about domestic tasks" over trivialising gra Continue reading
21 August 2784 Views Personal Injury Compensation claim outside 3 years: Plaintiffs escape time bar on "Battery"; do PIPA & CLA apply? Three patrons who allege they were assaulted by police officer Adam Reedy at the Hotel Cunnamulla in May 2005 commenced proceedings for "general, aggr Continue reading
23 August 2296 Views Personal Injury Unpaid helper wins $250k for tree-lopping fall: damages to cushion labour market risk A volunteer tree-trimmer has held a $250,000 damages verdict after the homeowner he offered to help failed to convince an appellate court that no Continue reading 18 September 2153 Views Law practice “Fobbed off” swim student overcomes solicitor’s neglect to scrape home on leave to proceed win Despite no satisfactory explanation for a 3 year delay, a 26 yr old plaintiff was this month allowed to proceed with a negligent "schoolyard supervisi Continue reading
18 September 2153 Views Law practice “Fobbed off” swim student overcomes solicitor’s neglect to scrape home on leave to proceed win Despite no satisfactory explanation for a 3 year delay, a 26 yr old plaintiff was this month allowed to proceed with a negligent "schoolyard supervisi Continue reading
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