Proposed changes to the Brisbane City Council City Plan may impact the development potential of your land or the operation of your business. ...
Proposed changes to the Brisbane City Council City Plan may impact the development potential of your land or the operation of your business.
Land v Dhaliwal and Anor [2012] QSC 360 – this Supreme Court of Queensland decision highlights the importance of the plaintiff’s burden to produce evidence supporting every head of damage in a claim for personal injuries.
The Queensland Court of Appeal has rejected a claim of negligence against a body corporate for injuries sustained by a woman who fell through glass in the foyer of a building.
The Supreme Court decision in Schonell v Laspina, Trabucco & Co Pty Ltd [2013] QSC 90, confirms that the test for reasonableness is forward-looking and cannot be considered with the aid of hindsight. The decision also provides that deliberately obtaining information in creative ways to avoid the operation of section
Every person should consider an enduring power of attorney. As well as the ‘usual’ risks of who looks after your affairs, members of SMSFs also risk compliance issues for their fund if they do not have a valid enduring power of attorney in place.
The Queensland Court of Appeal has held a hotel manager liable for a needlestick injury that a guest sustained while staying in a short-term rental apartment, reversing the original decision of no liability.
A recent judgment of the NSW Supreme Court upheld the decision of a local court magistrate to disregard a party’s evidence, where the party’s overall account was considered ‘less than truthful’.
The government has announced reforms to superannuation, including changes to the taxation of fund income, concession contributions caps and rules regarding excess concessional contributions. However, it is highly unlikely that these amendments will be legislated before the election later this year.
Key provisions that currently protect some unregistered security interests will come to an end on 30 January 2014.
The Queensland Court of Appeal has recently confirmed that Queensland compulsory third party (CTP) insurers can recover costs under section 58 of the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld) even if not all of the costs were reasonably incurred.
recent Supreme Court of Queensland case of Matrix Projects (Qld) Pty Ltd v Luscombe has seen yet another adjudicator’s decision under the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld) (BCIPA) successfully challenged.
In a late night session of parliament in June 2012, Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie announced the Queensland Government’s plans to introduce a Bill to drastically limit Queenslanders’ access to surrogacy to have children. The state had only legalised surrogacy in 2010.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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