ArticleEmployer liable for psychiatric injury arising from supervisor’s creepy caravan park detourA female traffic control employee sustained a psychological injury from her supervisor's sexual harassment on a car trip.AustraliaEmployment and HRHopgoodGanim
ArticleHost employer determined to exercise complete control over workerThis recent WA decision will be an important decision in matters involving negligent acts of labour hire employees.AustraliaEmployment and HRHopgoodGanim
ArticleWorker's failure to follow instructions sees damages reduced by 50% for contributory negligence - 30 November 2015 We discuss the decision in Kennedy v Queensland Alumina Limited [2015] QSC 317.AustraliaEmployment and HRHopgoodGanim
ArticleCanning Basin Bill marks new chapter of gas developmentThe Bill marks a new chapter in unconventional gas exploration.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleDecrease in FIFO aims to boost employment in regional communitiesThis bill aims to promote the employment of workers from regional communities situated close to large resource projects.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleImproved access to mining information in WAGovernment initiatives aim to enhance access to mining information in Western Australia.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleLand Access and Compensation Changes for Mining Exploration Tenements Begin TodayThe Queensland Government some months ago passed the Geothermal Energy Act 2010, which included proposed changes to Queensland's legal framework under which explorers (that is, holders of exploration permits and mineral development licences) can have access to land, and the basis on which they pay compensation to landholders.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleThe new Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act (Qld): 5 things you need to knowWe have set out some examples of how the MERCP Act impacts resource exploration and production, and what you need to do.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleWet Tropics Plan for water allocation and managementThe Plan establishes a framework for the allocation and management of surface water and groundwater in seven areas.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleCosts in the context of matters with a long history: Chief Executive, DERM v Australis Mining Operations Qld Pty Ltd & AnorEach party bears its own costs, unless the Court exercises the discretion conferred by section 457(2) to order costs.AustraliaEnvironmentHopgoodGanim
ArticleEnforceable undertakings under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld)An enforceable undertaking may avoid prosecution, if the breach or breaches of the EP Act are not indictable offences.AustraliaEnvironmentHopgoodGanim
ArticlePlanning And Development In Queensland: The Rise Of A Twospeed SystemThe Queensland Government has released the first part of its response to the Growth Management Summit, ahead of its official response, which is due out soon.AustraliaEnvironmentHopgoodGanim
ArticleBut I married into money...: a fair property settlement?The judge suggested that the wife expected her standard of living would continue after she and her husband separated.AustraliaFamily and MatrimonialHopgoodGanim
ArticleEvaluation of the 2012 Family Law Act family violence amendments - 19 October 2015These 2012 amendments to the Family Law Act were designed to improve responses to family violence and child abuse.AustraliaFamily and MatrimonialHopgoodGanim
ArticleRegistering relationships to affect Queenslanders' estate planning - 10 Jul 2012The uncertainty surrounding civil partnerships in Queensland has been removed.AustraliaFamily and MatrimonialHopgoodGanim
ArticleSecond bite of the cherry – when are family property settlements really final?S79A provides that the Court may exercise its discretion to set aside, vary or make another property settlement order.AustraliaFamily and MatrimonialHopgoodGanim
ArticleDebt assignments – is the devil in the detail?When a credit facility is in default, a third party may acquire the debt and related finance documents at a discount.AustraliaFinance and BankingHopgoodGanim
ArticleRising tides - native title rights over the seaThe Court made the first consent determination of native title over the sea to the Yaegl People in New South Wales.AustraliaGovernment, Public SectorHopgoodGanim
ArticleDirectors safe-harbour provisions about to set sailThe reforms, known as 'safe-harbour' provisions propose changes to directors' personal liability for insolvent trading.AustraliaInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringHopgoodGanim
ArticleA win for the employer and the licensed club - not liable for patron’s assault on security guardMeasures open to prevent the risk of injury to security guard employees, are limited given the obvious risks of the job.AustraliaInsuranceHopgoodGanim