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Case notes tagged “delay”.
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- Litigation & law practice
Solicitor hoisted on own petard: oily rag strategy no excuse after 4.5 year lapse
No step taken in his client's contract claim for more than four and a half years proved fatal in an application made by a Toowoomba solicitor for leave to proceed under UCPR rule 389. Proceedings commenced in November 2005.
- Litigation & law practice
‘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 injury claim for a U.K.
- Legal profession
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 their 21 year-old banana picker client, came under heavy criticism last month from…
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