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material fact of a decisive nature
Case notes tagged “material fact of a decisive nature”.
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- 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
Patient gets expert support 6 months after limitation expiry, hospital fights extension bid
A bowel cancer patient on the public list at Rockhampton hospital has battled objections to the delay in start of injury compensation proceedings caused by the 3 ½ years it took to obtain a medical report supportive of her case…
- Litigation & law practice
Court blasts limitation hold-out against faithful employee “who got on with life”
The 60-year-old carpenter had done manual labour all his working life. The last nine years - until March 2015 - were with the Fraser Coast Regional Council.
- Litigation & law practice
BHP slammed on miner’s injury limitation block
BHP slammed for a questionable limitation strategy to try to prevent a graduate mine engineer exercising compensation rights after a serious injury in a Queensland coal mine.
- Litigation & law practice
Solicitor advice dooms wrist injury limitation extension?
Wendy Grey sought legal advice in July 2011 for a possible common-law damages claim for cumulative workplace injuries that began as early as 2006 when she took up a housekeeping position at the Outrigger Resort, Hervey Bay.
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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