Case summaries Archive - Travis Schultz & Partners

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.

We decided that in the spirit of cooperation and working together, we would share these on our website so that the wider profession is able to use them as well.

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Carey-Schofield v Hays & Civeo [2024] QSC 60

Keywords: Assessment of damages in tort, duty of care, GENERALLY, how should the damages be apportioned…

Rodgers v Chinsee [2024] QDC 55

Keywords: extension or postponement of limitation period, Limitation of actions

Manca v Teys Australia Beenleigh Pty Ltd [2024] QCA 60

Keywords: appellant alleged slip was the result of the steps being covered in blood, appellant challenges…

Purcell v Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation & Anor [2024] QSC 58

Keywords: critical mass of information, Extension of Time, Limitation of actions, material fact of a decisive…

Paetzold v At Beach Court Holiday Villas Pty Ltd [2024] QDC 35

Keywords: causation, defect, Economic Loss, Employer Liability, illegal receipt of Centrelink benefits, negligence

Patchett v Nichols and Nichols [2024] QDC 45

Keywords: admissibility, Assault, battery, evidence, Hearsay, Interference with the person, Joint wrongdoers, Liability-only trial, Multiple wrongdoers,…

Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v Eden [2024] QCA 49

Keywords: appeal, contributory negligence, negligence, pedestrian injury, Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Road Rules) Regulation…

Jackson v Furner [2024] NSWCA 66

Keywords: admission that driveway had recently been painted, negligence, slip and fall during an open house…

Chopra v NSW Health Service – South Western Sydney Local Health District [2024] NSW 76

Keywords: “Special” Nurse Allocated to Dementia Patient and Other Staff Leave Emergency Department Ward Nurse by…

Peak v WorkCover Queensland [2024] QCA 38

Keywords: interpretation, whether the notice of non-compliance issued by the respondent, workers’ compensation

Stewart v Metro North Hospital & Health Service [2024] QSC 41

Keywords: assessment of damages, benefit to plaintiff’s health, competing expert evidence, cost of care, future care,…

Health Care Corporation t/as Wollongong Private Hospital v Cleary [2024] NSWCA57

Keywords: assessment of damages, causation, foreseeability of risk, negligence, Negligence – personal injury – patient conveyed…

Lee v The Council of the City of Sydney [2024] NSWDC 69

Keywords: negligence, Protection for road authorities, s 45 Civil Liability Act, s 45A Special Statutory Power,…

Youssef v Graham Raymond Eckersley & Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2024] QSC 35

Keywords: Assessment of damages in tort, Damages, income loss and loss of earning capacity, personal injury

Davie v Manuel [2024] WASCA 21

Keywords: factual causation, negligence, procedural fairness, whether error in law failing to comply with rule in…

State of New South Wales v Madden [2024] NSWCA 40

Keywords: award of damages including compensation for custody that was not a natural and probable consequence…

29 February 2024