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Employer escapes liability

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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May 10 2013

The Plaintiff was employed as an apprentice electrician with the Defendant. He was installing electrical cabling in an apartment complex. The

Proportionate liability

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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May 6 2013

The High Court has finally considered the issue of proportionate liability and how the relatively untested mechanisms of this new regime imposed by

Student sues school for not getting into university

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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May 6 2013

The Plaintiff sued Geelong Grammar School on the basis that inadequate education supplied by the school precluded her from acceptance to study law at

Negligence and risk in the school setting

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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March 7 2013

Our children are our most precious resource. As one of our primary means of upholding society's standards, our Courts are anxious to ensure their

Pub owner found liable for assault outside hotel

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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January 30 2013

The Plaintiff received serious injuries when he was punched by Mr Paseka on the other side of the footpath outside the Bridge Hotel (“the Hotel”). He

Landlord escapes liability

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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January 25 2013

This case concerned a tenant on a property who was rendered a partial paraplegic after falling down the stairs in the unit where she resided. She sued

Future economic loss

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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October 29 2012

The primary issue in this appeal was whether a quarry manager, who only had a week off working following surgery and a small number of days subsequent to that but otherwise had remained in his pre-accident employment, was entitled to a global award of damages for future economic loss in the sum of $120,000.00 after he sustained an injury to the peroneal nerve in his right leg