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Choosing The Best Criminal Defence Lawyer For Serious Charges In Qld

If you are facing serious criminal charges in Qld, most people start by searching for the best criminal defence lawyer in Brisbane.

Australia Criminal

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Ashworth Lawyers

Rose v Manno Kingsway Pty Ltd (As Trustee For The Manno Kingsway Unit Trust) [2025] NSWCA 23

The decision in Rose v Manno Kingsway Pty Ltd (2025) 116 NSWLR 598; [2025] NSWCA 23(Bell CJ, Mitchelmore and Adamson JJA) has confirmed that although the advance...

Australia Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

No Worker, No Case: Important PIC Decision On Jurisdictional Powers – Key Lessons From ASF Australia Pty Ltd v Icare Workers Insurance [2025] NSWPIC 604

In the financial year ended June 2024 SafeWork Australia reported nationwide there were over 30,209 workers compensation claims lodged by construction workers.

Australia Litigation

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Holman Webb Lawyers

Leveraging Technology In Internal Investigations: The Promise And Potential Of Generative AI

Investigations today are defined by complexity, scale, and increasing diversity of data sources. Investigators face the challenge of reviewing thousands – sometimes millions...

Australia Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

High Court widens exposure for organisations working with vulnerable people

Australia Employment

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Gilchrist Connell

Non-delegable duties and intentional wrongs – the High Court determination

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

Queensland Court of Appeal provides guidance on fact-finding and the extent of vicarious liability for certain staff members in historic school sexual abuse decision

Australia Litigation

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Gilchrist Connell

High Court appeal (submissions): AA v the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle ABN 79469343054 – case S94/2025

Australia Litigation

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Carroll & O'Dea

Sued by a party with little or no money? Seeking security for your legal costs

Australia Litigation

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Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Can Plaintiffs Recover Litigation Funding Damages From Defendants In Class Action In Australia?

Australia Litigation

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Jones Day

A case study in evidentiary challenges for historic abuse matters

Australia Litigation

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Barry Nilsson

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

Australia Litigation

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Kennedys

A Divorce, A Debt And A Duty: Shao v Crown Global Capital Pty Ltd

Australia Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Can a vendor cancel a contract of sale and keep the deposit? Which case won?

Australia Real Estate

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Stacks Law Firm

Employment Relations Podcast #46 – Safety In The Workplace: Drug And Alcohol Testing And Policies

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Employment Law Developments: What employers need to know for 2026

Australia Employment

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McCabes

ASIC's Updated Guidance On Digital Assets

Australia Finance

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Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Employment law changes you should know about in 2026

Australia Employment

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Jewell Hancock

Essential ESG: Episode 26 – Insights From The 2025 UN Forum On Business And Human Rights

Australia Environment

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

When "remedy defects" means "pay damages": lessons from Grech v Biltar Pty Ltd [2025] VSC 636

Courts will rarely order specific performance as a remedy. Recent case discussed.

Australia Litigation

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Pointon Partners

Court orders disclosure of hundreds of abuse claims in Brisbane youth detention centre case

Recent case sheds light on the balance courts must strike between a plaintiff's right to evidence and the privacy of third parties in historical abuse cases.

Australia Privacy

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Roche Legal

Regulatory And Class Action Risk Symposium

Corporate risk in Australia is increasingly defined by the aligned issues of regulatory compliance and the threat of class action litigation.

Australia Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Class Actions Radar: Scanning Global Trends And Risks

Their rise is a 21st-century phenomenon shaped by megatrends such as globalisation, digital transformation, economic development, rapid consumerisation, and heightened expectations of corporate responsibility.

Worldwide Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

All Eyes On EYLEA–Sandoz Defeats Preliminary Injunction

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K&L Gates LLP

Settlement Offers And Costs Protection In Family Law Matters – The Benefits Of Genuine Negotiations

Australia Family

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Kalus Kenny Intelex

Crypto In The Courts – ASIC v Finder Update

Australia Technology

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K&L Gates LLP

How Experts Navigate The Complexities Of An Account Of Profits

Australia Litigation

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FTI Consulting

Financing Of Australian Class Actions—Solicitors Common Fund Order Disallowed

Australia Litigation

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Jones Day

Time's Up: NSW Court Of Appeal Reminder About The Importance Of Understanding And Hitting Security Of Payment Deadlines

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Under The Guillotine: Inside A High-Stakes Expert Report Deadline

Australia Litigation

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FTI Consulting

Clouds Over Blue Sky: High Court Limits Solicitors' CFOs

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Climate Change Is Local: Court Of Appeal Quashes Coal Mine Consent Extension

Australia Environment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Valuing "True Value" In Post-Acquisition Disputes

Australia Litigation

FC

FTI Consulting

Under The Guillotine: Inside A High-Stakes Expert Report Deadline

Forensic accountants Dawna Wright and Rhys Horwill explore a recent engagement with a client in the health care industry.

Australia Litigation

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FTI Consulting

Clouds Over Blue Sky: High Court Limits Solicitors' CFOs

On 6 August 2025 the High Court of Australia (High Court) unanimously held that at the time of settlement or judgment in a class action, the Federal Court of Australia (Federal Court)...

Australia Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Climate Change Is Local: Court Of Appeal Quashes Coal Mine Consent Extension

The New South Wales Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal concerning a proposed 22-year extension of the development consent for the Mount Pleasant Coal Mine, which produces thermal coal...

Australia Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Valuing "True Value" In Post-Acquisition Disputes

In post-acquisition disputes involving allegations of misleading or deceptive conduct, the concept of "true value" often plays a central role in the quantification of loss.

Australia Litigation

FC

FTI Consulting

Lessons From Lifeplan: How Forensic Experts Bolster Legal Strategy

Australia Litigation

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FTI Consulting

New Jersey Bankruptcy Court Ruling Highlights The Utility Of Chapter 15 In Enforcing Foreign Bankruptcy Court Orders In The United States As A Matter Of Comity

"Comity" is a principle of jurisprudence whereby, under appropriate circumstances, one country recognizes within its borders the legislative, executive, or judicial acts of another nation.

Worldwide Insolvency

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Jones Day

ALDI In Two Courts: UK And Australia – Cider And Sweets

In this article, we discuss two IP judgments involving the discount supermarket chain, Aldi. Both deal with the issue of supermarket look-alikes. The first one is a continuation of a well-known UK case...

Worldwide Litigation

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ENS

Karpik v Carnival PLC: The Ruby Princess – Anything but smooth sailing

A claim for personal injury and related damages arising from COVID-19 (COVID) infections on board a cruise ship.

Australia Litigation

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McCabes

Landmark High Court of Australia decisions change the legal landscape for historical abuse claims

Summary of 3 significant judgments in historical abuse cases.

Australia Litigation

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Kennedys

Case Summary: Health Care Corporation Pty Ltd t/as Wollongong Private Hospital v Cleary (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 94 – the implications of Offers of Compromise & Calderbank offers

Australia Litigation

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Carroll & O'Dea

Is An "Unfortunate" Delay An "Unreasonable" Delay?

Australia Government

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Moulis Legal

Can Claimants Establish A DBPA Claim Using A Less Stringent Standard Of Proof?

Australia Real Estate

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Vincent Young

Liquidator Failing To Syfon Back Third-party Payments

Australia Commercial

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Vincent Young

A Landmark Court Of Appeal Case Led By Vincent Young Changes The Operation Of Bank Guarantees In NSW

Australia Real Estate

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Vincent Young

Making A Calderbank Offer: Things To Keep In Mind

Australia Real Estate

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Vincent Young

Navigating legal costs – understanding "No Win No Fee" in your personal injury claim in NSW

Australia Litigation

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Carroll & O'Dea

Rights to appeal after being convicted of a crime in NSW

Australia Criminal

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

What factors are considered when determining whether to pursue a retrial in NSW?

Australia Litigation

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Case Review – What is a transport accident for the purposes of a TAC claim?

Australia Litigation

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Polaris Lawyers

Jarryd Hayne's successful appeal: The reasons for the result

Australia Litigation

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

How to get car accident compensation in NSW?

Australia Litigation

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JB Solicitors

Understanding Nominal Defendant compensation claims under South Australia's CTP scheme

Australia Insurance

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Recent Court of Appeal decision concerning claims against insurers where causation was an issue

Australia Litigation

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Holman Webb Lawyers

Case summary: Mandoukos v Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2024] NSWCA 71 – the importance of clearly defining the medical dispute between parties

Australia Litigation

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Carroll & O'Dea

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Future Of Consumer APAC: Climate Change And ESG Litigation Trends In The Consumer Sector

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

I do not agree with the judges decision – Can I appeal?

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Cooper Grace Ward

[Podcast] Appeals: When is a trial judge wrong?

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Level Twenty Seven Chambers

[Podcast] Coronial inquests and the Coroners Act 2003 (Qld)

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Level Twenty Seven Chambers

CU LAB: Clauses for recovery of legal costs: what protection do they provide?

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Clayton Utz

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