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Abawi applied - Injury to skin a threshold injury

A claimant is not entitled to ongoing statutory benefits or common law damages if the only injuries they sustain in a motor accident are threshold injuries.

Australia Litigation

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McCabes

AI in arbitration: A new frontier?

AI is increasingly used in arbitration for efficiency, but regulators urge caution amid risks of bias, confidentiality breaches & limited legal guidance.

Australia Litigation

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

The rise of data centre arbitration

Australia's rapid data centre expansion is set to trigger more disputes, with arbitration emerging as the preferred resolution method.

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Australia's growing reputation as a pro-enforcement jurisdiction

Australia has consolidated its standing as a pro-enforcement jurisdiction for international arbitration.

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Mining in space: the role of arbitration in the new frontier

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Arbitration and M&A disputes: a global trend Australia cannot ignore

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Effective dispute resolution: how do expert determination and arbitration compare?

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Duty Of Disclosure: Prosecution Disclosure Obligations And Guidelines

Australia Litigation

CD

Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Tick Tock, Time Is Up – Or Is It? NSW Supreme Court Refuses Extension Of The Limitation Period For Medical Negligence Claim

Australia Litigation

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Gilchrist Connell

Case Summary: Stewart V Metro North Hospital And Health Service [2025] HCA 34 – The High Court Reframes Reasonableness In Damages

Australia Litigation

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Carroll & O'Dea

Case summary: Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v Mataraci [2025] NSWPICMP 536 – What factors are relevant to whether treatment is "reasonable and necessary"?

Australia Litigation

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

"I suffered catastrophic complications because a negligent neurosurgeon gave me bad advice." Which case won?

Australia Litigation

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Stacks Law Firm

"It wasn't negligent driving. I had to swerve to avoid an unidentified vehicle" – which case won?

Australia Litigation

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Stacks Law Firm

Punters beware: Possible law reform no basis for adjournment

Australia Litigation

GC

Gilchrist Connell

Skilled Visa Salary Thresholds To Increase To 4.6% From 1 July 2025

Australia Immigration

IL

Interstaff Immigration Agency

Navigating The Implications Of The Supermarkets Ruling: A Guide For Employers

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Crypto In The Courts – ASIC v Finder Update

Australia Technology

KG

K&L Gates LLP

New English Requirements For Visas

Australia Immigration

IL

Interstaff Immigration Agency

Employing Work And Holiday Makers Beyond Six Months | Staying Compliant

Australia Immigration

IL

Interstaff Immigration Agency

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Adjudicator Discretion and Legal Error: Builtcom Constructions v VSD

Whilst not fatal to a determination, it is wrong as a matter of law to strictly apply the Cardno test.

Australia Litigation

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Piper Alderman

Relevance, efficiency, and proportionality – the ambit of the duty to disclose

The obligation on parties to provide full and frank disclosure continues throughout the proceedings until the dispute has been resolved.

Australia Litigation

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Barry Nilsson

The Inquest Series: The ‘right to silence' in Coronial Inquests

How the privilege against self-incrimination is applied in coronial inquests across Australia.

Australia Litigation

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Barry Nilsson

Australian Courts Grapple With Generative AI In Court Proceedings

Australia Litigation

MO

Mills Oakley

Medibank Class Action: Navigating The Legal Privilege Maze

Australia Technology

AO

A&O Shearman

Overriding purpose – still the most significant discovery in NSW

Australia Litigation

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Kennedys

Understanding legal professional privilege for plaintiffs in NSW

Australia Litigation

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Protecting Confidentiality in Mediation: The Gazal v Setiawan and Topaloglu Case Study

Australia Litigation

HW

Holman Webb Lawyers

Documents produced for court: not to be used for other purposes

Australia Litigation

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HHG Legal Group

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

AI in arbitration: A new frontier?

AI is increasingly used in arbitration for efficiency, but regulators urge caution amid risks of bias, confidentiality breaches & limited legal guidance.

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

The rise of data centre arbitration

Australia's rapid data centre expansion is set to trigger more disputes, with arbitration emerging as the preferred resolution method.

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Australia's growing reputation as a pro-enforcement jurisdiction

Australia has consolidated its standing as a pro-enforcement jurisdiction for international arbitration.

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Mining in space: the role of arbitration in the new frontier

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Arbitration and M&A disputes: a global trend Australia cannot ignore

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Effective dispute resolution: how do expert determination and arbitration compare?

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Climate Litigation Is Shaping The Regulatory Landscape In Australia

Australia Environment

KW

King & Wood Mallesons

Funds Update - 10 October 2025

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Queensland Court Of Appeal Confirms Non-party Liability Under Arbitral Award

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Court Procedure

Duty Of Disclosure: Prosecution Disclosure Obligations And Guidelines

The prosecution role is a public duty to be efficiently performed with an ingrained sense of dignity.

Australia Litigation

CD

Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Punters beware: Possible law reform no basis for adjournment

Courts will not delay hearings based on the speculative prospect of future legislative changes.

Australia Litigation

GC

Gilchrist Connell

How can government lawyers claim legal professional privilege in relation to a FOI request? Lessons from Burford v TEQSA

Explain how courts and tribunals apply the dominant purpose test to determine whether LPP applies in relation to LPP claims by government lawyers in relation to FOI requests.

Australia Litigation

HR

Holding Redlich

Damages in commercial litigation in Qld

Australia Litigation

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Stonegate Legal

Vexatious Litigant under the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2005

Australia Litigation

SL

Stonegate Legal

Filmalter v Swenson: the Queensland approach to the peer professional opinion defence

Australia Litigation

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Adjudicator Discretion and Legal Error: Builtcom Constructions v VSD

Australia Litigation

PA

Piper Alderman

Mareva Injunction (Freezing Order) – How Freezing Orders Work in Australian Law

Australia Litigation

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Unified Lawyers

The importance of reality testing valuation reports in Family Law

Australia Litigation

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Barry Nilsson

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Sovereign Immunity: Public Sector Government

Australia | Five key lessons from the High Court's decision in the Commonwealth damages case

Commonwealth's status as a "body politic" will not preclude it from recovering damages on a patent owner's undertaking.

Australia Litigation

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Spruson & Ferguson

High Court says keep calm and don't get wound up (if you have foreign immunity)

Foreign state immunity extends to a state-owned national airline subject to winding-up proceedings.

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Waiver of sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of the Australian Courts

Foreign state immunity from Australian court proceedings was at the centre of both these recent cases.

Australia Litigation

HR

Holding Redlich

Federal Court finds India waived foreign state immunity in proceedings to recognise and enforce US$111 million award

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Cross Post: Federal Court Of Australia Affirms Jurisdiction To Enforce Arbitral Awards Against Foreign States Party To The New York Convention

Worldwide Litigation

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Federal Court Of Australia Affirms Jurisdiction To Enforce Arbitral Awards Against Foreign States Party To The New York Convention

Australia Litigation

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A Ray Of Sunshine For Solar Energy Investors: High Court Of Australia Rejects Spain's Sovereign Immunity Plea Against Recognition And Enforcement Of ICSID Arbitral Award

Worldwide Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

A guide to legal costs for medical negligence and public liability claims.

Australia Litigation

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Polaris Lawyers

International Arbitration Comparative Guide

Australia Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills

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Latest Videos

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Debt collection lawyer or debt collection agency?

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Stonegate Legal

Finding out who is behind a negative Google review

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Madgwicks

It Depends – The different types of Court hearings

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Cooper Grace Ward

Double dipping: making claims for Total and Permanent Disability (TPD)

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Roche Legal

Class Actions Fireside Podcast Series: EP17: Bracing For A Year Of Change

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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