The law and the courts
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Case notes on running a claim through the courts, from evidence to costs.
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Likely lad creates hostel havoc: Civil Liability Act no bar to "battery" suit
An aggressive 24 yr old British tourist injured during an arrest in the Roma St backpacker precinct has recorded a compensation win against the employer of an over zealous security guard but was penalised in damages for his "poor…
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Painter prisoner in well timed lurch at puddle payment
The description of the daily routine of Wacol's correctional centre prisoner population in an April district court injury compensation award, may not quite make the cut for a Shawshank Redemption re-make, but the ruling gives…
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Suncorp smashed on time barrier in motorway flying debris suit
As Vanessa Morris was calmly driving along the Logan motorway, building materials and engine parts began raining on her car, as if from nowhere. She lost control and careered her car into the concrete motorway barriers.
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Building owners escape responsibility on CBD glass shatter claim
The owners of one of Brisbane’s oldest high-rise office towers have escaped liability for facial scarring suffered by an intoxicated 29-year-old who fell through a sub-standard glass panel at her workplace building entry when…
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Woolies check out clanger cashes out customer & changes food fall floor claims forever
Retail duopolist Woolworths was last week ordered by Australia’s High Court to let go the $580,000 injury compensation damages ruled owing in August 2009 to Taree invalid Kathryn Strong.
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Irish brogue scores change to amazing rotten luck
A visiting overseas plumber serving out visa-mandated farm duties at a Mungindi cotton gin has been awarded $567,000 injury compensation damages after the court rejected an orthopaedic surgeon’s “blunt” and “unreasonable” views.
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Glaring errors absent in remote rest-stop trip damages payout
It took two trials and as many appeals before three judges, last week finally put Sonia Littlejohn's bitterly contested compensation award against the Julia Creek Town & Country Club beyond further dispute.
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Suspicious minds fuel desperate defence: "continuum of symptoms" routs bank beat up
A "big four" bank was last week ordered to halt its refusal of injury compensation to a Gladstone customer server who fell to the floor when the back of a service centre chair collapsed in December 2006.
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Sidewalk straddler smacked: $124k for pedestrian wing mirror blow
The Supreme Court this month ruled that pedestrians have every right to stroll on a roadway surface, awarding compensation to a Rockhampton teenager who had been swiped by the wing mirror of a passing van.
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Worker absolved of sins of delay, lives to fight another day
A seriously injured truck driver "of limited education" has won the right to pursue motor accident compensation damages after a last gasp limitation extension hearing to rectify his lawyers' jurisdiction selection decision.
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Sixteen schooner a day miner survives tax and drug slurs: escapes with $380k and pride
In a Supreme Court verdict published last week, a Cardwell mine worker's exaggerated recovery from youthful sporting injuries slashed the compensation awarded for his August 2005 work site accident at Century Mine in Queensland's…
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Suncorp steers by sirens’ song: Classy clipper cuts $500k cheque
Claimants’ medical records can so preoccupy an insurer that they become powerless to resist: like mythical seamen lured on to the rocks by enchanting mermaids.
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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