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The High Court has refused special leave to appeal in Townsville City Council vs Vatsonic Communications Pty Ltd and Ors (2005) HCA Disp 9 B58/2024.
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A major development in Queensland’s workers compensation law occurred on Friday 13 September 2024 when the Queensland Court of Appeal handed down judgement in Bilson v Vatsonic Communications Pty Ltd (2024) QCA 171.
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Banana peels have long been considered an obvious risk, but in Longbottom v L & R Collins Pty Ltd [2021] QSC 242 the Supreme Court considered whether a banana harvester disregarded an obvious risk of injury by standing beneath an unusually tall b
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Take home point The liability of an executive officer of a corporation under s 493(2) of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) (EP Act) ,for failing to ensure that the corporation complies with the Act, is tied to the corporation’s actual c
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Memory loss caused by head trauma can be a major impediment to a plaintiff reliably recounting the occurrence of an accident. Ultimately, it is for the court to determine whether the plaintiff’s recollection is correct or is a recent invention or r
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Everyday across Australia thousands of people participate in exercise classes ranging from typical gym offerings of spin class and pump to more adventurous pursuits. In the recent decision of Cornwall v Jenkins as Trustee for the iSpin Family Trust [
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In a recent decision of the ACT Court of Appeal, ALDI Foods Pty Ltd (ALDI) was successful in defending a claim for negligence made by a customer who suffered personal injury when her trolley collided with an automatic entrance gate, which did not ope
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The decision of the Commissaires Panel of the Union Cycliste Internationale (the world governing body for the sport of cycling) after the conclusion of stage 4 of this year’s Tour de France highlights the difficulties which sports officials face
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In the recent decision of Davis v Terrivic Pty Ltd [2016] NSWWCC 10, the New South Wales Workers’ Compensation Commission (the Commission) found that personal injuries sustained by a worker in a motor vehicle accident following the Applicant’s re
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South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club Ltd v Gazis [2016] NSWCA 8 In this article, our Insurance team considers the scope of duty owed by employer and occupier and the necessity for workers to prove that any breach of duty was causative of harm. Con
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On 25 June 2015 and 22 July 2015, HopgoodGanim Lawyers published articles discussing the outcome of two recent decisions handed down by appellate courts involving plaintiffs assaulted by third parties who had their claims for damages against their em
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Hospitality injury Breach of Duty Reasonable countermeasures In the following article, Partner Robert Tidbury discusses the recent decision of Umberto Polizzi v Hervey Bay Boat Club Inc (M1411/13) in which a bar attendant sustained a penetrati