The Queensland Supreme Court has recently clarified the content of the duty of care owed by paramedics to their patients. The standard is not the same as that expected of...
This is the second episode in our Construction & Engineering video series on the flammable cladding crisis. In part two, Natasha Stojanovich — one of our construction disputes and insurance...
The first step to building a “speak up” culture in the workplace is to make sure everyone is aligned with your organisation’s vision, say legal experts.
Does your organisation have a workplace culture of complicity? The Royal Commission shows the importance of implementing a “speak up” culture in the workplace
Following the 2014 Lacrosse fire in Victoria's Docklands and the tragic fire in London's Grenfell Tower in 2017, sharp focus has been brought to bear on the use of flammable...
As Australia continues to be seen as a jurisdiction friendly to securities class actions, a discussion paper from the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has suggested reforms to alleviate the...
Yesterday, the Victorian Law Reform Commission's (VLRC) long-awaited report into class actions and third-party funding was tabled in the state parliament.
In Brighton Australia Pty Ltd v Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd [2018] VSC 246 the Court held that a temporal limitation clause pleaded in defence to a claim for misleading and...
This is the first episode in our Construction & Engineering video series. In this video, Charles Thornley and Natasha Stojanovich — our construction disputes experts — talk about the flammable...
Jane Fiske, Partner in the Lander & Rogers’ Health & Ageing team, discusses what should and should not be included in patient records and explains why good record keeping is...
While many companies understand and have in place a system to discharge their work health and safety obligations, a specific duty often less understood is the obligation of a company's...
The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has been successful in applying to the Civil and Administrative Tribunal to find a chiropractor guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct, with...