19 Mar 2024 Insurance The Importance of Maintaining Privilege and Tips and Tricks to Doing So Privilege is often something taken as a right, but understanding what it means, its importance and the circumstances under which it can be lost or waived in confidential communication is crucial.
19 Mar 2024 Insurance Vicarious liability for foster carers: a case review Can a foster care agency or local authority be found vicariously liable for tortious acts of a foster carer? Recent case law from the United Kingdom provides insight.
13 Mar 2024 Insurance Avoiding Predictive Legal Assumptions: Lessons from Synergy Scaffolding Services Pty Ltd v ... In Synergy Scaffolding Services Pty Ltd v Alelaimat (No 2) [2024] the Court of Appeal explores the Workers Compensation Act 1987 and provides insights on the legal uncertainties in workers' compensation and personal injury claims.
13 Dec 2023 Insurance Employment and safety Festive Season Frolics: Are employers liable for injuries sustained at the office Christmas party? All too often, workplace injuries become a regular feature of office parties. So, when is an employer liable for workers' compensation and/or common law damages for injuries sustained at a Christmas party, and other social events?
4 Dec 2023 Insurance Duty of care: direct liability for schools and students The duty of care a school owes to its students is a dynamic concept; in what situations does a school owe a duty of care to its students, and what exactly is that duty of care?
24 Nov 2023 Insurance Supreme Court of Queensland considers schizophrenia and workers' rights under the Workers ... Supreme Court of Queensland considers if schizophrenia, or chronic aggravation of pre-existing mild schizophrenia is compensable under the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (WCRA).
20 Nov 2023 Digital governance, cyber and privacy Legal privilege in cyber breaches: insights from the Federal Court decision on Optus' cyber attack The Federal Court's recent decision in Robertson v Singtel Optus Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1392 delves into the complex question of legal privilege concerning IT forensic reports in the aftermath of a cyber attack.
2 Nov 2023 Insurance High Court overturns permanent stay in child abuse case In the first decision of its kind, and by a narrow majority, the High Court of Australia has allowed an appeal, overturning a decision of the NSW Court of Appeal to permanently stay proceedings..
20 Oct 2023 Insurance Lack of evidence due to passage of time leads to permanent stay of historical abuse claim A permanent stay of proceedings in a historic abuse claim has been ordered by the Supreme Court of Queensland in DJW v State of Queensland [2023] QSC 138.
20 Oct 2023 Insurance Court of Appeal confirms counsel's fees are a recoverable outlay under the Workers' Compensation ... Queensland Court of Appeal overturns decision regarding whether counsel's fees are an outlay recoverable under regulation 137 of the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2014.