Member Articles

By: Mark Brookes and Katherine Hayes The High Court’s recent decision in Selig v Wealthsure Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 18 carries a warning for both financial service providers and their professional indemnity insurers. To ...

By: Glenn Biggs and Nadia Stacey In November 2009, CareFlight sent a nurse and a doctor in its employ, Ms Karen Casey (Ms Casey) and Dr David Helm (Dr Helm), from Sydney to help transport a seriously ill patient from S ...

By: Audine Bartlett The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions (Working Group) has published its latest report (released in Apri ...

By: Mark Brookes and Tom Pepper In the recent case of Baguley v Lifestyle Homes Mackay Pty Ltd [2015] QCA 75 the Queensland Court of Appeal refused to depart from the longstanding principle that damages for breach of c ...

By: Rebecca Stevens and Allison Bailey A claimant has been found guilty of two charges of fraud in a personal injuries claim,1 with Carter Newell Lawyers referring the matter to the Attorney General for offenses under ...

By: Stephen Hughes and Lara Radik Requirement to supply date of birth, gender and evidence of right to work in Australia held to be discriminatory The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) has found that ...