legal profession

• Litigation & law practice

  Rocklea motorcycle appeal: Suncorp goes down; court slots Q.C.’s domestic ignorance; gives O.T. glowing reception

  In a joint judgment, three appeal judges last week admonished QC Syd Williams for a "lack of understanding about domestic tasks" over trivialising gratuitous care submissions that had found favour with the trial judge, "rather…

  21 August 2011
• Litigation & law practice

  Third-in-line lawyer fails to take step: adult sexual abuse claim struck out

  The plaintiff claimed her massage therapist had misrepresented his qualifications as to “counselling”, had inappropriately advised her on personal relationships and engaged in sexual behaviour & massage during a period from 1995…

  12 May 2011
• Litigation & law practice

  Fall down dusty stairs yields $500,000 for accident prone yacht fitter

  Can occupiers escape liability for defective stairs if a plaintiff merely "loses their footing" ? How much loss of earning capacity applies to someone already significantly impaired?

  23 November 2010
• Litigation & law practice

  Hobbit laws apply but NZ removes misleading visitor website info

  The NZ embassy in Canberra has now responded to demands about misleading and deceptive injury compensation statements on its website by agreeing that they be immediately removed.

  29 October 2010
• Legal profession

  ‘U r served’: Court orders damages claim to be notified by Txt

  A Queensland court ordered this morning that a defendant be served with a compensation claim by way of SMS message to his mobile phone.

  3 August 2010
• Legal profession

  WorkCover changes part of creeping eradication of individual rights

  From 1 July, a compensation regime which imposes Civil Liability Laws on Queensland workers comes into effect. At the same time, the Civil Liability Law itself will be tightened.

  30 June 2010

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