Sarah Grace

Special Counsel & Brisbane Leader

The Harman Obligation and Its Application in Hughes v Bramston

Overview of the Harman Obligation The Harman obligation (from Harman v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1983] 1 AC 280) prohibits a party...

Common Law Workers’ Compensation: A Complete Guide

If you have been injured at work in Queensland and an employer’s negligence caused or materially contributed to the injury, a common law workers’ compensation...

Road Accident Injury Claim: What You Need to Know

A plain-language guide to Queensland's catastrophic injury compensation landscape, covering NIISQ, common law CTP, workers’ compensation, public liability, and the heads of damage that may...

How the Injury Lawyer Free Consultation Works

What really happens during a free injury lawyer consultation in Queensland - what the lawyer assesses, what to bring, what questions to ask, and how...

Driverless Cars are Coming – but Safety Must Come First

The future of transport is arriving faster than many people realise. Companies like Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company backed by Google’s parent company Alphabet, are...

E‑Scooters and Brain Injury: The Safety Gap We Need to Close

Around half of the injuries sustained in e-scooter crashes presenting to Queensland hospitals involve the head or face.¹ For trauma clinicians and rehabilitation specialists, that...

Give to Gain: Individual Success is Impressive, but Collective Progress is Unstoppable

Confidence is not built in isolation. It grows when someone backs you, opens a door, and says you belong here. International Women’s Day isn’t just...

From Injury to Insight: Why Education is the key to Transforming the WorkCover Statutory Journey in Queensland

Queensland’s workers’ compensation scheme is widely regarded as one of the strongest and most balanced in the country. Central to that system is the statutory...

Civil Liability Reform: When crying poor comes with a $6billion smile

Insurers say they can’t afford the cost of claims. Their profit sheets say otherwise, and Australians shouldn’t pay the price for déjà vu law reform....

Queensland’s gig worker protections: a step forward but not far enough

Australia’s gig economy has reshaped the labour market over the past decade, offering flexibility and accessibility to thousands of workers. In Queensland, this shift has...