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Frivolous & vexatious medical assessment dismissed

S54 Personal Injury Commission Act provides that PIC proceedings may be dismissed if they are frivolous & vexatious & otherwise misconceived. Recent case example.

Australia Litigation

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McCabes

Five Key Questions Answered About Your Legal Costs In Personal Injury Claims In New South Wales

Understanding the legal costs involved in a personal injury claim can help you can make informed decisions when pursuing compensation.

Australia Litigation

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Has Defamation Law Gone To The Dogs? (A Brief Summary Of Australian Defamation Cases Relating To Dogs)

These cases demonstrate how social media and media reporting can escalate what are essentially private disputes.

Australia Litigation

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Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Defence Of Absolute Privilege In Defamation

A comprehensive guide to the defence of absolute privilege in Australian defamation law, explaining its purpose, scope, and strict limitations.

Australia Litigation

SL

Stonegate Legal

Claim farming banned in South Australia – legislation update

Australia Litigation

GC

Gilchrist Connell

Right To Information: The Limit Does Exist

Australia Litigation

HR

Holding Redlich

The rise of ‘unmeritorious' workplace claims in the age of AI

Australia Litigation

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Swaab

Domestic Violence And Defamation In Australia

Australia Litigation

SL

Stonegate Legal

Full Court Press: Preliminary Discovery And Arbitration Agreements In A Basketball Showdown

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Establishing acceptable professional practice – learnings for birth injury claims from the Nemes case

Australia Litigation

K

Kennedys

Slippery when wet – driver's speeding means they're mostly at fault

Australia Litigation

M

McCabes

Costs In VCAT Proceedings

Australia Litigation

K

Kennedys

BN's Will Stidston & Julie Kinnear Discuss The High Court's Decision In R Lawyers V Mr Daily

Australia Litigation

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Barry Nilsson

At What Cost: Federal Court Affirms Approval Rules For Solicitor Costs Agreement

Australia Litigation

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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When Harassment Comes From Outside: A Guide To Third-Party Risk Management

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BCF Business Law

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Digital Assets – Innovation vs Compliance: Emerging Offshore Jurisdictional Trends – How Legal Advisers' Roles Will Change

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Walkers

Recorded on 24 Jun 2025 | 3:00 PM

(2nd Session) 2025 Global In-House Counsel Survey Report: Unique Insights into the Global In-House Counsel Profession

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

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(1st Session) 2025 Global In-House Counsel Survey Report: Unique Insights into the Global In-House Counsel Profession

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Court Procedure

Right To Information: The Limit Does Exist

Case clarifies the limits of RTI access when tribunal orders and court procedures apply, providing important guidance for agencies, applicants and legal practitioners.

Australia Litigation

HR

Holding Redlich

Full Court Press: Preliminary Discovery And Arbitration Agreements In A Basketball Showdown

In most jurisdictions in Australia, a prospective plaintiff can obtain preliminary discovery orders from a Court to ascertain whether it has a right to obtain relief from a prospective defendant, before it commences any substantive proceeding

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

At What Cost: Federal Court Affirms Approval Rules For Solicitor Costs Agreement

Federal Court approved a costs agreement with solicitors extending over three months, and a confidentiality order over the agreement.

Australia Litigation

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Navigating The Increase In Historical Abuse Litigation: Emerging Challenges For Courts And Practitioners

Australia Litigation

GC

Gilchrist Connell

Causation, Counterfactuals And Proof: High Court Reaffirms The Importance Of Establishing Compensable Loss In Solicitors Negligence Claims

Australia Litigation

B

Barry Nilsson

Think Before You Consent

Australia Litigation

B

Barry Nilsson

Contingent loss and limitation periods: High Court clarification in solicitors' negligence claims

Australia Litigation

GC

Gilchrist Connell

When Does Time Start? The High Court Clarifies The Operation Of Limitation Periods To Actions In Negligence For Economic Loss

Australia Litigation

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Kennedys

Washed Away - Negligence Or Nuisance?

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

SF

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

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills

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Personal Injury

Frivolous & vexatious medical assessment dismissed

S54 Personal Injury Commission Act provides that PIC proceedings may be dismissed if they are frivolous & vexatious & otherwise misconceived. Recent case example.

Australia Litigation

M

McCabes

Five Key Questions Answered About Your Legal Costs In Personal Injury Claims In New South Wales

Understanding the legal costs involved in a personal injury claim can help you can make informed decisions when pursuing compensation.

Australia Litigation

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Slippery when wet – driver's speeding means they're mostly at fault

A claimant is not entitled to ongoing statutory benefits if they are wholly or mostly at fault for their accident. Recent case example.

Australia Litigation

M

McCabes

Costs In VCAT Proceedings

Australia Litigation

K

Kennedys

Supreme Court Finds that Pet Care is an Attendant Care Service

Australia Litigation

M

McCabes

I was only injured because of the company's negligence." Which case won?

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

How most At Fault disputes are assessed when the insured is not at fault

Australia Litigation

M

McCabes

What to do when tragedy strikes a minor who is my child or someone in my care: can a minor make a claim for compensation?

Australia Litigation

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Consequential surgery is not "an injury" in the absence of harm

Australia Litigation

M

McCabes

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Class Actions

Claim farming banned in South Australia – legislation update

Claim farming refers to the practice of making unsolicited approaches to people who have suffered injury and persuading them to commence a compensation claim.

Australia Litigation

GC

Gilchrist Connell

The Class Actions Landscape: Australian Class Actions (Podcast)

In this podcast, we explore class actions procedures and trends in Australia, and what similarities and differences there are with England and Wales.

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Review: Class Actions In Australia 2024/2025

King & Wood Mallesons' annual report, The Review: Class Actions in Australia 2024/2025, charts a record-breaking year for class actions - from unprecedented settlements to landmark High Court rulings.

Australia Litigation

KW

King & Wood Mallesons

Regulatory And Class Action Risk Symposium

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Class Actions Radar: Australia

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Class Actions Radar: Scanning Global Trends And Risks

Worldwide Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Legal Team Outlook

Australia Law Performance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Financing Of Australian Class Actions—Solicitors Common Fund Order Disallowed

Australia Litigation

JD

Jones Day

High Court reinforces fee boundaries: Solicitor's CFOs ruled out in class actions in NSW and all States where the solicitors' rules do not permit contingency fees

Australia Litigation

GC

Gilchrist Connell

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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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