Hurt Timorese left with no recourse
Date: August 6, 2010 Lindsay Murdoch THE Australian Defence Force has admitted its soldiers in East Timor have been in nine vehicle crashes since 2008Read More »Hurt Timorese left with no recourse
Date: August 6, 2010 Lindsay Murdoch THE Australian Defence Force has admitted its soldiers in East Timor have been in nine vehicle crashes since 2008Read More »Hurt Timorese left with no recourse
Date: October 1, 2012 Jacob Saulwick SYDNEY’S last big toll road project, the Lane Cove Tunnel, has become a legal morass for some big superRead More »Compensation court fight shines a light on toll road pitfalls
Date September 28, 2012 An old legal acquaintance of mine got in touch by email. ”I have read your articles on somewhat esoteric subjects …Read More »Compensation crackdown squeezes lawyers along with injured workers
Date February 8, 2010 Lindsay Murdoch NT CORRESPONDENT THE Australian Defence Force has retracted a claim it gave the family of a 65-year-old East TimoreseRead More »Compensation culpability not ours: Defence
Date: February 5, 2010 Elisabeth Sexton Buried deep in the federal government’s too hard basket is some unfinished business from the James Hardie asbestos furoreRead More »CSR left bearing the cost of unfinished business
Date June 12, 2012 Louise Hall Two partners of the high-profile compensation law firm Bryden’s Law Office have been found guilty of professional misconduct forRead More »Bryden partners guilty of professional misconduct
Date: July 2, 2012 Clay Lucas A MAJOR transport company is using private investigators to follow staff that takes leave to recover from workplace injuries. TheRead More »Injured workers spied on by transport giant Toll
Dentist found guilty of injury still registered July 26, 2012 Melissa Davey A DENTIST who carried out nearly $75,000 worth of dental work on aRead More »Dentist found guilty of injury still registered
October 29, 2010 Australian children who developed deformities after their mothers took thalidomide while pregnant have launched a class action against the German company whichRead More »Thalidomide victims launch class action
Natasha Rudra June 27, 2012 Civic nightclub Mooseheads has been ordered to pay a Canberra man more than $889,000 after he was seriously injured whileRead More »Mooseheads ordered to pay $889,000 after bouncer injured man
October 05, 2008 A WOMAN who claims she was injured going down a slippery slide at a school event is suing for compensation. Fiona Ciranni,Read More »Woman sues John Paul College for $102,000 over slide injury
June 22, 2012 – 8:54 Major reforms to the NSW workers’ compensation system have passed State Parliament’s Upper House, with crossbencher Fred Nile securing anRead More »Compo changes pass House despite firies strike
* By Leah Fineran * Gold Coast Bulletin * June 14, 2012 8:03AM A CHILDCARE worker is suing Wet ‘n’ Wild for $400,000 in damages afterRead More »Woman stuck on waterslide sues for $400k
In July 2009 Courtenay Poulden was interviewed by A Current Affair regarding a client who was badly injured in an attack outside a nightclub. WhileRead More »Good Samaritan injured in nightclub attack
Rhianna King June 7, 2012 – 7:54AM The long-running legal saga involving MP Janet Woollard’s family has come to an end, after they agreed toRead More »Kate Campbell ‘relieved’ as MP offers $250,000
June 7, 2012 Race day shame … Jason Gann. The actor who plays a sociopathic, bong-smoking dog in the TV comedy Wilfred must pay $325,000 to aRead More »‘Wilfred’ actor left bus driver homeless, ruined: court
By Christine Flatley * May 21, 2012 12:52PM Court orders security company pay tourist $44k Bouncer broke Irish man’s leg outside hostel Police was arresting drunkenRead More »Drunk backpacker gets $44k for broken leg
by:Sophie Elsworth From:The Courier-Mail May 18, 2012 12:00AM TWO Queensland mothers injured during a fatal balcony collapse are suing one of Brisbane’s elite private schools. AnneRead More »Anglican Church Grammar School sued by two mothers over 2008 Ascot balcony collapse
Petulia Patey and Amanda Lee suffered spinal injuries after hitting large waves on January 12 last year, while Brisbane health worker Jan Phillips fractured vertebraRead More »THE New Zealand operator of a high-speed jetboat has been ordered to pay $NZ270,000 ($212,155) in fines and reparations after three women, including an Australian, broke their backs on sightseeing trips.
The Daily Telegraph May 10, 2012 12:00AM WEST Australian Premier Colin Barnett says it is not the state’s obligation to compensate victims of a bushfire thatRead More »Western Australia Parliament won’t pay ultramarathon fire victims