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Recent Publications
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Date: 17 May 2013
A recent DibbsBarker article published in Proctor explains in some depth the written/mandatory final offer regimes for various personal injuries matters at the pre-proceedings stage and their interplay with the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld).
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Date: 12 Apr 2013
Trade mark owners should note that significant changes which dramatically affect the way in which trade mark opposition proceedings will be run in Australia, come into force on 15 April 2013.
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Date: 05 Apr 2013
In the recent decision of Hunt & Hunt Lawyers v Mitchell Morgan Nominees Pty Ltd [2013] HCA 10, the High Court confirmed that proportionate liability will apply to the advantage of defendants in a wide range of circumstances.
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Date: 04 Apr 2013
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse opened this week. The Commission's chairman, provided information on how future private and public hearings would be conducted.
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Date: 12 Feb 2013
This article provides a summary of recent amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) which implements new privacy principles and credit reporting rules.
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Date: 25 Jan 2013
QCOMP and John Kennerley and Qantas Airways Limited (C/2012/16)
Section 32(1) & 32(2) Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (QLd); arising out of or in the course of employment; significant contributing factor.
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Date: 20 Dec 2012
Commonwealth Treasury has given insurers an unwelcome Christmas present: a prohibition on unfair terms in general insurance contracts issued to consumers.
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Date: 13 Dec 2012
The New South Wales Supreme Court recently found in favour of the defendants where a plaintiff gave varying accounts of the circumstances surrounding his injury and exposed the cause of his injury to be his own inadvertance.
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Date: 07 Nov 2012
The Queensland Supreme Court has reminded plaintiffs that breach of duty alone is not enough to establish liability against employers.
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Date: 12 Oct 2012
In a recent decision, the Queensland Court of Appeal has validated the assignment of a cause of action for personal injuries to enable an insurer to recover statutory workers' compensation payments.
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Date: 10 Oct 2012
The detrimental impact that cartel conduct allegations can have on a business makes it imperative that businesses give this issue attention as a real priority.
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Date: 21 Sep 2012
To defend a health care negligence claim successfully, usually a number of factors need to work in favour of the defendant. A narrow factual matrix, confined allegations of breach of duty, uncertainties on cause of injury, good clinical records, convincing witnesses and cogent and supportive expert evidence can be among those necessary factors.
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Date: 20 Sep 2012
The Supreme Court has recently considered the status of legal privilege and its potential waiver in circumstances where there has been service of an expert's report that referred to the unserved report of another expert.
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Best Lawyers Australia 2012
Group member Andrew Saxton was judged by his peers to be Sydney's top lawyer in the category of Health and Aged Care in 2012 and in Medical Negligence in 2011 . . . more |
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