Case highlighting the importance of timely legal action in personal injury cases.

This article concerns other difficulties with financial agreements and the recent case of Kostres & Kostres [2009] FamCAFC 222.

The new Act encourages informal resolution of disputes but neighbours can apply to QCAT if a dispute cannot be resolved.

In 2006 the Retail Shop Leases Act (Act) was amended to provide that an assignor would be released from liability for any breach of the lease by an assignee after the assignment date (statutory release).

In a recent Queensland Supreme Court case, the key issue for the Court to decide was whether the 'ratchet' rent review clauses in the lease were permitted by the Retail Shop Leases Act 1994 ("the Act"). Ratchet rent review clauses do not allow CPI or market rent reviews to decrease the rent.

The Valuer-General issued Valuation Notices recently to landowners across the state.

Hospitals should consider all possible risks from the release of these implants for actual or potential class actions.

On 21 April 2010, White J ordered that provided a widow pay the costs associated with storage, an IVF clinic in Brisbane was required to store the gametes (sperm) of her late husband.

Key lessons about why it's important to engage actively, keep your financial evidence current, and respond promptly to the Court's directions.

The PPSA will impact all personal property security interests and affect certain property and business transactions.

Practitioners are instructed to take additional caution and care when prescribing medicinal cannabis given its addictive properties and potential for misuse.

The implications of antibiotic resistance and resulting changes in medical practice are so far more medical than legal.

Before using a digital scribe, healthcare practitioners should consider if it serves a therapeutic purpose & is listed on the ARTG.

DC dismissed claim by worker who sustained back injury - his failure to disclose a pre-existing condition & undertake suitable work constituted contributory negligence.

Doctors must provide adequate & appropriate advice to patients before discharge & inform them of the need to return to hospital if their condition deteriorates.

Host employer of negligent driver employee not liable for injuries - liability transferred pro hac vice to injured worker’s employer.

The Court concluded that consent was not given for the extensive dental treatment which was unnecessary for the injury.

This case forms an important reminder to both litigants and practitioners to carefully consider consent orders prior to them being submitted to the court.

When the parties cannot reach agreement and the relocation clause in the lease must be triggered, the implied provisions in the Retail Shop Leases Act require the landlord to give the tenant certain information before the relocation notice is effective.

The case, now on appeal, is about the interpretation of a CGL policy when the insured is defending an emissions charge.