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The High Court of Australia has rejected the Commonwealth’s arguments made in its appeal of the Gumatj clan’s compensation application for the acquisition of their native title rights, in a landmark decision

The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal recently found an employer liable for unlawful discrimination based on breastfeeding, marking a first in Australia.

Yesterday, the High Court handed down its decision on the appeals by the Ngaliwurru and Nungali peoples, the Northern Territory and the Commonwealth in relation to the first ever litigated native title compensation decision: Northern Territory of Aus

This morning the High Court handed down its decision on the appeals by the Ngaliwurru and Nungali peoples, the Northern Territory and the Commonwealth in relation to the first ever litigated native title compensation decision: Northern Territory of A

Key issues: On 14 December 2018 the Land Court handed down its decision in Byerwen Coal Pty Ltd v Colinta Holdings Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2018] QLC 49. The proceeding was a compensation determination for the grant of three coal mining leases located we

In this article, we discuss the recent decision of Waugh v Simon Blackwood (Workers’ Compensation Regulator) [2015] ICQ 028 where the Industrial Court of Queensland overturned earlier decisions to reject an application for compensation by a female

In the recent decision of Tsoromokos v Australian Native Landscapes Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 321, the New South Wales Supreme Court reduced the award of damages made to a contractor by 40% on account of contributory negligence. Partner, Robert Tidbur

The central figures in any resumption are generally the landowner and the resuming authority. However, claims for compensation are not limited to owners of the land.  Pursuant to section 12(5) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 (Qld) (ALA), any

On 20 July 2017 the Full Federal Court of Australia handed down its decision in Northern Territory of Australia v Griffiths [2017] FCAFC106 which was an appeal of the Honourable Justice Mansfield’s decision. His Honour’s decision was the first

In this article: Causation Labour hire Negligence Council worker Tip truck injury System of work HopgoodGanim Lawyers’ Partner Anna Hendry, was successful in defending a recent case which examined the importance of proving causation. Whils

In this article, Robert Tidbury discusses the recent decision of Namoi Cotton Co-Operative Ltd v Stephen Easterman (as administrator of the estate of Zara Lee Easterman) [2015] NSWWCCPD 29 where the NSW Workers Compensation Commission upheld the dec

Brozinic v The Federal Capital Press Pty Limited trading as The Canberra Times [2015] ACTCA 8 considered the following issues: Whether the defendant could claim the benefit of a Deed of Release the plaintiff had entered into with his employer in r