negligence

• Picture hiddenPsychological injury

  Traumatised by SBS doco: caseworker wins $1.4 mil psych damages

  The NSW Court of Appeal dismissed DCJ's appeal after a caseworker suffered psychiatric injury on watching a documentary segment about a former client.

  8 September 2026NSW Court of Appeal
• Picture hiddenFactory accident

  Visible factory danger not an obvious risk of injury

  The NSW Supreme Court found Visy and DME equally liable after a DME worker struck his head on a low-hanging pipe at Visy’s Tumut paper mill. Damages remain to be finalised after a 20% reduction for contributory negligence.

  19 July 2026NSW Supreme Court
• Picture hiddenSport injury

  Low risk becomes a major risk when magnified by repetition

  The Supreme Court of Victoria found Whittlesea City Council liable after a 23-year-old cricketer was seriously injured while vaulting a boundary fence between an oval and cricket nets.

  11 July 2026Supreme Court of Victoria
• Picture hiddenAdequate system of work

  Workshop’s system of work hazard not of landlord’s making

  The NSW Court of Appeal explains why a commercial landlord's duty to repair a defective ramp did not make it liable for a worker's manual-handling injury.

  6 July 2026NSW Court of Appeal
• Picture hiddenRecreational accident

  Open water yacht racing recreational but not dangerous

  The NSW Supreme Court held a yacht skipper liable after a racing collision injured a crew member.

  18 June 2026NSW Supreme Court
• Litigation & law practice

  Low flying pilot crashes into power line, not liable says court

  A pilot who flew into a steel cable at very low level was not liable for the damage claimed by the passenger owner even though flying below a normal safe height, because he was avoiding cloud closing in upon the helicopter.

  22 March 2014
• Litigation & law practice

  Redcliffe’s many favourite sons: city’s role in "snail in the bottle" story

  Today is one of fond remembrance for the citizens of Brisbane’s northern bayside of their favourite adopted sons, the Bee Gees, in whose honour a bronze sculpture will be unveiled this afternoon.

  14 February 2013

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