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Case notes on how claims are run and decided: damages, time limits, court procedure and the legal profession.
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- Legal profession
Need for speed cruels rider’s $892k compensation payout
It’s a familiar enough puzzle. A driver turning across oncoming traffic claims never to have seen the oncoming vehicle. The other claims the turning vehicle drove across their path without warning, making a collision unavoidable.
- Legal profession
Car detailer stuck by needle gets $313k for shock and incontinence
A “hard-working” hire car worker has been rendered unemployable from the psychological decompensation that followed a seat-pocket needle stick injury.
- Legal profession
Court rules denial of injury compensation to car thief youth “harsh and unjust”
The four boys were glad to find keys in the ignition before rolling the Toyota Hilux ute quietly down the driveway to avoid waking its owners in the Townsville high-set.
- Litigation & law practice
Tiny fire stair height variation a ‘hidden trap’: Physio in $1.8 mil damages win
A misstep on stairs rarely results in compensation because it is a function of the person using them rather than of the stairs themselves.
- Litigation & law practice
Claims notice delivered before injuries assessed enough to stop limitation clock
A Brisbane Lions development coach has won a major victory against WorkCover for all claimants over the delivery of noncomplying notices of claim for damages.
- Litigation & law practice
Suncorp thwarted in highway head-on limitation extension road block
It took more than 3 years for Toni Birch to manifest serious anxiety and depression after witnessing a head-on highway collision, that by then prevented her from working.
- Litigation & law practice
Pilot crashes in cloud after pressing on, sues for inadequate weather warnings
An experienced pilot whose helicopter crashed after being caught in cloud in the PNG highlands - contrary to the air rules under which the flight was being conducted - has sued his employer for his catastrophic injuries.
- Litigation & law practice
Overnight motel stop leads to kid’s pool tragedy
The family’s overnight stay at the Gympie Motel in February 1998 was unscheduled.
- Litigation & law practice
Wee hours tumble at roadhouse landmark
The BP Chinderah roadhouse is a welcome landmark for those driving South to the Tweed Coast as it signals they are approaching their destination and for those going further, it marks the start of the most picturesque part of the…
- Litigation & law practice
Ambulance man drops stretcher; Island stroke victim wins $560k
Lamb Island - population 450 - in southern Moreton Bay is officially a “town” within the Redland City.
- Litigation & law practice
Passenger sues for wrongful detention & excessive force in international airport bust up
Geoff Barker had “probably about 7 rums” in a Port Moresby bar before arrival at the airport to board the Air Niugini flight PX025 to Brisbane in November 2011.
- Litigation & law practice
Neighbour woes and rows – Judge rules "Live and let live"
A retired Bribie Island couple was so incensed by the noise and disturbance from their neighbour, for four years they kept a daily record of the next door goings-on to prepare for filing a lawsuit against them.
Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.
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