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Advocate’s immunity applies to settlement advice

Contact: Mark Brookes and Dee Wood, Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) Case note: Kenderjian v Lepore [2015] NSWCA 132 On 21 November 1999 Mr David Kendirjian, the applicant, was injured when a vehicle in which he ...

Advocate’s immunity unavailable to legal practitioner who allegedly exaggerated expertise

Contact: Mark Brookes and Tom Pepper, Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) The Full Federal Court of Australia has set aside a Federal Court decision1 to summarily dismiss a claim made against a legal practitioner on ...

Resisting claims brought directly against insurers by claimants

Contact: Mark Brookes and Tom Pepper; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) The recent case of Smart v AAI Ltd; JRK Realty Pty Ltd v AAI Ltd1 concerned two proceedings brought by Mr Nathan Smart (Smart) and JRK Realty ...

No apportionable claim and a costs order – a double blow for a professional indemnity insurer

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 ...

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