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The Australian Federal Court has recently handed down judgment in the first securities class action in Australia to reach trial

Dealing with Product Liability Down Under

Cooper Grace Ward's Damien Jarrett and Jess Byrne examine Hunter v Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd, a Supreme Court workers' compensation case involving a cabin crew member's back injury from a jammed galley cart. The discussion explores how the case evolved from maintenance and staffing allegations into a training dispute, and examines the court's approach to quantum arguments when the injured worker chose to pursue her own business rather than return to employment.

This episode examines a Magistrates Court workplace injury case where an executive housekeeper at Daydream Island Resort claimed shoulder damage from pulling a hotel room door shut against wind. The discussion explores how inconsistencies in the plaintiff's evidence—including an unreported 'Dirty Dancing' lift injury five months prior—influenced the court's assessment of causation and foreseeability in this personal injury claim.

On Friday, the Supreme Court of New South Wales approved a joint leapfrog application in the combined ICA/AFCA BI Test Case.

Judge Jones found that the employee's position had been made redundant as a result of the restructure, and that Roy Morgan failed to redeploy the Applicant in an equivalent position.

In a unanimous decision, Australia's highest court has held that the national airline breached workplace laws in deciding to outsource service and baggage handling at 10 Australian airports...

Cooper Grace Ward's workers compensation podcast examines the landmark High Court case of CCIG Investments Pty Ltd v Schokman, exploring critical questions about vicarious liability and scope of employment arising from an unusual workplace incident on Daydream Island. Legal experts who appeared before the High Court discuss the case's implications for workers compensation law across Queensland and Australia.

The Bill will effectively "...make it easier for certain types of claimants to access compensation for their injuries".

The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has redrawn the boundary lines for the recovery of damages for infringement of innovation patents.

The article discusses gratuitous benefits and services received by the plaintiff, when quantifying economic loss.

The voluntary labour should not be taken into account so as to reduce Powercor's liability for the property damage.

The appeal will be watched closely, as these provisions in NSW are similar to other legislation throughout Australia.

This analysis adopts a comparative approach to damages for treatment of wrongful birth cases in Australia and in the UK.

Failure by a respondent to pay a successful claimant the adjudication amount is liable to a significant civil penalty.

The fundamental principle of our criminal justice system is that the case must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

In National Tertiary Education Industry Union v Swinburne University of Technology (No 2) [2015] FCA 1080, the Federal Court of Australia ordered that Swinburne University pay a $14,000 penalty for contravening the Fair Work Act 2009.