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The Supreme Court of Queensland has held that two defendants were liable for 100% of the damages assessed, without taking into account the settlement reached between the plaintiff and the other six defendants before the trial.

Carefully worded employment contracts are vital in addressing employee fiduciary duties within groups of companies.

Discusses the Plunkett v Silverbrook case and its resulting workers compensation decision.

The Supreme Court of Victoria has dismissed an application by one party to proceedings to have access to terms of settlement agreed between other parties to the same claim.

In this matter the court was asked to consider whether work experience gained by an appellant after the injury should impact on his claim for future economic loss. The appellant obtained the necessary qualifications to become an interstate truck driver post-injury. He submitted that his future economic loss claim should be assessed on the basis of those earnings, rather than on the basis of his pre-injury job as a removalist.

The NSW Court of Appeal recently considered the circumstances in which defendants in the NSW District Court might be deemed to have consented to the extension of the court's jurisdiction from $750,000 to $1,125,000.

Any person who is looking to purchase residential property in New South Wales should first be aware of the current concessions in duty available to them as well as other benefits.

The broad nature of adverse action provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (‘FWA’) have recently been highlighted by the Federal Court in <em>Barclay v The Board of Bendigo Regional Institute of Technical and Further Education</em> concerning employees who engage in industrial activities.

A recent decision by Fair Work Australia (FWA) highlighted the need for employers to clearly communicate with injured workers and ensure that they are afforded procedural fairness when dealing with issues of reinstatement.

This article provides a reminder of some of the potential issues that could arise as a result of these celebrations.

The implementation of the model Work Health & Safety Act in all states and territories commences on 1 January 2012.

Safe Work Australia released the draft model Regulations in December 2010 for public comment. The twelve primary Codes of Practice have also been released for review.

In the February 2009 edition of Legal Directions, Emily Daffy and Shantini Minjoot discussed a decision of the Tasmanian Full Court which, as they foreshadowed, attracted the interest of the High Court.

In CGU Insurance Limited v One.Tel Limited (in liquidation) & Ors [2010] HCA 26, the preliminary questions raised for determination in the proceeding ended up in the High Court after two appeals, over three years. Ultimately, CGU failed in its attempt to ‘knock out’ the claim on technical points.

On 14 March 2001, the appellant was involved in a road traffic accident which left him with a number of physical and psychological injuries. The appellant instructed solicitors (‘Kirwans’) to act for him.

In 2009 Fraser JA of the Queensland Court of Appeal, with whom Holmes JA and White J agreed, allowed an appeal by QBE, which concerned the interpretation of a broadform liability insurance policy. QBE’s insured, Selected Seeds Pty Limited, has been granted special leave by the High Court to appeal the decision to the Full Court of the High Court, which is scheduled to hear argument on 27 July 2010. The High Court’s decision on the width of the policy’s ‘efficacy’ exclusion clause will be awaited

Balderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Limited ('BHE') has lost an appeal to the NSW Court of Appeal against a finding that it was not entitled to cover under professional indemnity policies put in place for the benefit of all consultants working on the design of Sydney Airport's third runway.