In practice

In practice

Interventions not just tool for regulators

What may not be as widely known is that practitioners may be able to use such powers for the benefit of their clients in certain circumstances.

Mark Steele KC, Storm Scarlett

In practice

FAQs for seller disclosure forms

This article explores some frequently asked questions about completing the Form 2 Seller Disclosure Statement for the Property Law Act 2023.

In practice

Textbook still relevant 40 years on

First-of-a-kind succession law text marks milestone.

Natalie Gauld

In practice

National water policy overhauled

The NWA has a modernised focus, including to better reflect climate change and First Nations' influence in water resource management.

Emma Ryan

In practice

Case shows client must be identified

The practitioner was found to have engaged in two counts of professional misconduct which arose from his failure to identify who his client was in the preparation of an EPOA.

Sarah Millar

In practice

Are speeding fines suitability issues?

A lack of candour was the issue in Legal Services Commissioner v O’Brien, rather than a series of speeding fines.

Shane Budden

Elder law

QLS proposes EPOA reforms

QLS has taken a special interest in the prevention of elder abuse. Sunday, 15 June, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

Sonia Smith

In practice

EPOA may be onerous responsibility

Remuneration for solicitor-attorneys is a complicated area.

David Bowles

In practice

You can’t lick a badger twice

One of the issues appears to be a failure to realise that AI does not just make some things up.

Shane Budden

Compensation law

Fleeing driver collides with plaintiff

The accident occurred when a Subaru Impreza, fleeing police at high speed, attempted to overtake the plaintiff’s Subaru WRX and collided with its driver’s side.

Beth Rolton

Case notes

Trust fund conundrum for Judge

The husband died unexpectedly in 2023 but had not discharged his obligation to pay the wife and two children pursuant to the 2022 orders.

Craig Nicol, Keleigh Robinson

Case notes

Bid for costs of employed solicitors

The High Court in Birketu was required to resolve the position as to the right to recover legal costs of employed solicitors.

Tasman Ash Fleming

In practice

Court determines capacity question

In several published decisions, the Supreme Court of Queensland has considered the question of a person’s “capacity”.

Joanne Browne

Case notes

The importance of being courteous

The conduct was peppered with personal attacks and views in relation to a person who the respondent knew was vulnerable.

Sarah Millar

Case notes

Therapy costs in question

There was an agreed miscalculation as to the assessment of damages in the primary judgment.

Karla Macpherson

In practice

Which is the ‘wrong’ side of the road?

A recent personal injury matter has raised some interesting theoretical discussion points.

John Connellan

Case notes

No deviation from work journey

The employer appealed the arbitrator’s decision on the basis that it was wrong at law.

Hugh Powell

In practice

Coroners speak for the dead

The benefit of this inquisitorial process lies in the careful, independent and dispassionate testing and examination of the evidence.

Dan Rogers, Renee Williams

In practice

Social media impacts claim

His Honour found the combined effect of various social media posts by the Plaintiff after the accident caused him to doubt the reliability of the evidence.