This is a judgment from an application to strike out parts of a Statement of Claim pursuant to Rule 171 of the UCPR (unsuccessfully by the Defendant) and counterclaim […]
National Injury Insurance Scheme – How the intersection between WCRA, PIPA and MAIA affects serious injury claims
List Members Geoff Diehm QC and Meghan Rothery presented to the Australian Lawyers Alliance Queensland State Conference on 11 February 2022. National Injury Insurance Scheme (attendee copy) – ALA […]
Cassa Bedding v Insurance Australia [2022] QSC 1
Read article from the Australian Financial Review Read Judgment here
Brisbane River flood class action flows through the NSWCA and on to the HCA — (2021) 16(10) CL 155
Brisbane River flood class action flows through the NSWCA and on to the HCA — (2021) 16(10) CL 155 Australian Civil Liability (newsletter) Richard Douglas QC CALLINAN CHAMBERS, HEMMANT’S […]
About Life Pty Ltd & Ors v Maddocks Lawyers [2021] NSWSC 1370
About Life Pty Ltd & Ors v Maddocks Lawyers [2021] NSWSC 1370 (Rees J)is a recent decision that is of interest to commercial litigators, insolvency practitioners, and litigation […]
Carne v Crime and Corruption Commission [2021] QSC 228
Carne v CCC [2021]QSC228
Please Don’t Apportion Me!
Read Richard Douglas QC’s article in Lexis Nexis’ Australian Civil Liability newsletter on the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal’s recent clarification of candidature for an apportionable claim – Tanah […]
Re Massey (deceased) [2021] QSC
A 30 year old solemn form case has finally been decided. The court was required to consider whether the testatrix (who died in 1992) had capacity to make a […]
The admissibility of third party data in expert evidence
Re Earlturn Pty Ltd [2021] QSC 137. The Supreme Court has recently considered the admissibility of conclusions reached by a forensic accounting expert which relied upon hearsay data sourced […]
Coleman v Caesarstone Australia Pty Ltd & Ors [2021] QSC 125
On a strict reading of Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’), while the Act does not apply to dust-related injuries (such as Silicosis), it was open to […]