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Practical Tips for Proving Fault in a Motor Vehicle Accident I once worked for nearly four years at an Outside School Hours Care. The age of the children under our care ranged from Prep to Grade 6, and I must say it was a lot of fun. I especially enjoyed the opportunity to spend my […]
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At the age of 19 years old, as a young driver on my Provisional (P-Plate) License, I was involved in my first car accident. I was stopped at a red light when the car behind me, to put it simply – failed to stop. Following the collision, we both drove slowly to a clear space […]
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Lessons from Gregory v Commissioner of Police Facts of the Cycling Accident On 13 June 2017, Mr Paul Gregory turned right at an intersection controlled by traffic lights and hit a cyclist, Mr Shane Crawford who was travelling along one of the oncoming lanes. Mr Gregory drove away and did not stop to exchange details […]
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On 17 February 2013 at about 7:00pm, the late Byron Williams was speeding and intoxicated with amphetamines and cannabis when his car smashed into a tree. Former senior constable David Paul Caffrey, who worked as a full time member of the Queensland Police Service, attended the wreckage and attempted to keep the driver alive with […]
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This case was an appeal against a decision of the Worker’s Compensation Regulator. Ms Glass was a mathematics and aquatic studies teacher to secondary students at Xavier Catholic College in Hervey Bay. On the 24th November 2016 she was on an end-of-year-school excursion when she injured her shoulder while swinging on a rope at the […]
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George v Morgan & Anor [2016] QDC 52 is a recent District Court of Queensland case that highlights the precarious nature of personal injury claims in slow moving vehicle accidents, particularly where medical evidence is lacking. The plaintiff was wholly unsuccessful in her claim. The case illustrates the need for potential plaintiffs to seek sound legal […]
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Oxenham v Protector Aluminium P/L [2016] QDC 312 is a recent decision of the District Court of Queensland that illustrates that even where a duty is owed by an employer to take reasonable care not to expose an employee to unnecessary risks of injury, a Plaintiff must actually prove factual causation that such breach of […]
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Prasad v Ingham’s Enterprises Pty Ltd [2016] QCA 147 is a recent decision of the Queensland Court of Appeal relating to the extent of an employer’s liability for a workplace injury. The appellant in this case, joins a long line of other personal injury claimants who are able to establish their employee breached its duty […]
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In the matter of Martin v Andrews & Anor, a moderate back injury resulted in the significant award of $1,272,572.10 compensation to the Claimant – one of the largest awards for an injury of this type. Background This was a quantum only motor vehicle case where the Claimant, Joshua Alfred Martin, was 39 years old […]
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