26 September 6804 Views Law practice Terror hysteria aside, police powers already rival Gestapo says judge As terror hysteria - fuelled for all its worth by media and politicians - grips the nation, a Supreme Court judge has issued a terse rebuke of the mis Continue reading
29 September 4568 Views G20 G20 disruption details still withheld With just six weeks to go before the start of G20 week, details of exactly what disruptions local businesses and residents can expect to endure are ye Continue reading
30 October 4668 Views Personal Injury Council argues immunity on $2.9 mil car barrier civil liability lawsuit After reversing his car into a level two space of a hotel car park, Thomas Lee and his wife Michelle - on their way to dinner at a nearby restaurant - Continue reading
29 October 4323 Views Personal Injury Dealer in winning $200k hand Part of the work of a roulette dealer is to gather chips used by gamblers and sort them into stacks by colour. In 2004, Lidija Romig was a Continue reading
31 October 9662 Views Personal Injury Moreton Island boat too close, too fast: run-down diver wins $675k It was a perfect Sunday in June 2008 when the pair sped from Scarborough across the calm waters of the bay, for a morning of spearfishing at Cape More Continue reading
14 November 6703 Views Personal Injury Labour hire group taps WorkCover to cover injury indemnity for co-liable host Indemnity payments from labour-hire organisations to industry clients will be put under the spotlight as a result of a Queensland court ruling publish Continue reading
22 November 4656 Views Personal Injury Toddler poisoned by ‘non-toxic’ heat pack gel, overseas supplier to pay $900k The baby’s mother had purchased a gel pack which she used to treat a burn to his hand in 2008. In her momentary absence, four-year-old J Continue reading
27 November 4575 Views Personal Injury Injury date discrepancy no bar to valid NOCD, phoned in medical report “totally inadequate” Council worker Osman Bakhit was moving temporary-fencing base slabs at Ascot’s Bartleys Hill Reservoir when he ruptured a disc in his back in 2011.< Continue reading
28 November 4614 Views Personal Injury Court awards $1.7 mil for services club brain injury assault The tranquil Clarence River was the setting of an alcohol-fuelled rampage that felled 32-year-old Luke Warren in the late hours of an August Friday ni Continue reading
14 January 8131 Views Personal Injury Dung dust illness not just coincidence, Bunnings to pay $700k in worker lawsuit Hardware giant Bunnings has been ordered to part with $700k after an appeal court ruled against its refusal to pay compensation to a staff member who Continue reading
16 January 7320 Views Personal Injury Accident at sea: Carnival slammed on cruise injury lawsuit Shipping giant Carnival Cruises has lost a court bid to prevent substantial damages being awarded to a cruise passenger for injuries as a result of pa Continue reading
15 January 3908 Views Personal Injury Lifetime future earnings damages for child witness to horror road death A 12-year-old child survived an accident that killed her cousin when an out-of-control car mounted a kerb of the footpath on which they were strolling Continue reading
17 January 4819 Views Personal Injury Dual career triathelete poses income loss quandry A bicycle rider who was sprung from his cleats and thrown over his handlebars to bounce once before landing on his back in Boundary Street West End wa Continue reading
23 January 5461 Views Litigation & Law Practice Island yacht charter lawsuit follows catamaran stairs fall The failure to adequately brief an 80-yr-old charter yacht passenger before she boarded a vessel in Hamilton Island harbour is alleged to have caused Continue reading
26 March 6144 Views Litigation & Law Practice Pilot inexperience a potential factor in budget airline crashes The current generation of low-cost carriers has created a new market in air travel. Air Asia in Malaysia; Ryanair & Germanwings in Europe; an Continue reading
19 February 5525 Views Personal Injury Police lose video evidence, inebriated tradie stumbles on $300k hotel payout The loss by police of CCTV footage of the ejection of a patron from a Gladstone hotel was critical to a dispute over whether the pub should pay its cu Continue reading
20 February 5466 Views Personal Injury ‘Inattentive’ ferryman paid: Ferry Co to splash out $1 mil for sill(y) error As elegant as are the ships of their fleet, ferries that ply the waters of Sydney Harbour are responsible for their fair share of maritime mishaps. Continue reading 25 February 4652 Views Personal Injury Experts clash on crane crash cause, worker’s case collapses When an extraction unit at Boral’s Coffs Harbour asphalt plant failed in June 2006, it called in a crane crew to provide a safe platform for its mai Continue reading 26 February 5861 Views Personal Injury Court orders Suncorp to pay up on airport worker’s $1.3 mil brain injury A town planner responsible for managing landside infrastructure planning at Brisbane’s ever-expanding Kingsford Smith airport has defeated insurer S Continue reading 25 March 3966 Views Personal Injury Call centre trainee viciously attacked, Optus baulks at $3.8 mil labour hire compo A call centre trainee - who came within an inch of being hurled from a fourth-floor balcony by another inductee - has argued his employer bore respons Continue reading
25 February 4652 Views Personal Injury Experts clash on crane crash cause, worker’s case collapses When an extraction unit at Boral’s Coffs Harbour asphalt plant failed in June 2006, it called in a crane crew to provide a safe platform for its mai Continue reading
26 February 5861 Views Personal Injury Court orders Suncorp to pay up on airport worker’s $1.3 mil brain injury A town planner responsible for managing landside infrastructure planning at Brisbane’s ever-expanding Kingsford Smith airport has defeated insurer S Continue reading
25 March 3966 Views Personal Injury Call centre trainee viciously attacked, Optus baulks at $3.8 mil labour hire compo A call centre trainee - who came within an inch of being hurled from a fourth-floor balcony by another inductee - has argued his employer bore respons Continue reading
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