Apelu v Lusty Tip Trailers Pty Ltd [2024] QCA 158
Keywords: notice of assessment, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric injury, where schizophrenia was not specifically raised as…
30 August 2024
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At TSP, our lawyers summarise all relevant Queensland cases (plus a selection of relevant interstate cases) as they are handed down and then share them internally for training and professional development.
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BEK v BEL [2024] QCA 154
Keywords: appeal, APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL, extension of time in injuries matters, extension or postponement of…
27 August 2024
Khodor v Murphy [2024] NSWDC 364
Keywords: Assault, battery, Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), self-defence, ss 52 and 53, trespass to person
26 August 2024
John William Sinclair v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd [2024] QSC 175
Keywords: CCTV footage, explanation v verification of information, pre-trial obligations under PIPA., prior similar incidents, provision…
21 August 2024
Jones v Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service [2024] QSC 165
Keywords: extension of limitation period, Knowledge of Material Facts of a Decisive Character
08 August 2024
Gairns v Pro Music Pty Ltd [2024] QDC 118
Keywords: disciplinary meeting, duty of care, Employer Liability, performance management, psychiatric injury, reasonable foreseeability of injury,…
02 August 2024
TT -v- The Diocese of Saint Maron, Sydney & SS (No. 3) [2024] NSWSC 943
Keywords: assessment of damages, child sexual abuse., intentional tort, vicarious liability in church context where no…
01 August 2024
DAC Finance (NSW/QLD) Pty Ltd v Cox [2024] NSWCA 170
Keywords: litigation conducted on basis that plaintiff’s employer was not sued, negligence, no steps taken to…
16 July 2024
Ruvuta v Jaderberg & Anor [2024] QDC 107
Keywords: assessment of damages, Credit, motor vehicle accident, nature and scope of injury
12 July 2024
Sawyer v. Steeplechase Pty Ltd [2024] QSC 142
Keywords: civil liability legislation, Damage and causation, negligence, scope of duty and subsequent breach, standard of…
10 July 2024
Fuller v Australian Capital Territory [2024] ACTCA 19
Keywords: administration of spinal anaesthetic, appeal, broken needle, caesarean, medical negligence, necessary care and skill, vicarious…
05 July 2024
Melissa Reis v Emil Gayed [2024] NSWDC 269
Keywords: Alternate claim under Common Law based on operation of s 3B of Civil Liability Act,…
05 July 2024
Emde v State of New South Wales [2024] NSWDC 268
Keywords: Assault, battery, Defences, false imprisonment, Suspicion on reasonable grounds, torts, Trespass to the person, Whether…
28 June 2024
Akgun v Stockland Property Management Pty Ltd & Anor [2024] NSWDC 253
Keywords: ameliorating risk, causation, contributory negligence, Damages, obvious risk, reasonable precautions, risk of harm, slip and…
28 June 2024
Hornsby Shire Council v Salman [2024] NSWCA 155
Keywords: breach, foreseeability of risk, formulation of risk, negligence, obvious risk, where council did not take…
27 June 2024
Forostenko v Springfree Trampoline Australia Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2024] QSC 126
Keywords: Costs, Costs follow the event, General Rule, Offers to settle, Procedure
19 June 2024