Carter Newell | Australia | 13 Jul 2016
The Queensland Court of Appeal has recently handed down its decision in relation to an appeal against a trial judge’s decision to reduce a…
Carter Newell | Australia | 3 Jul 2016
In the April 2016 Insurance Newsletter ‘When is a Contractor not a Contractor’, Carter Newell commented on the recent casualisation of workforces and…
Carter Newell | Australia | 29 Jun 2016
Factual causation and the ‘exceptional case’ provision under the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW). Establishing causation can sometimes be a difficult…
Carter Newell | Australia | 23 Jun 2016
In November 2015, we updated readers on the decision of Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd v Samsung C & T Corporation which provided…
Carter Newell | United Kingdom | 21 Jun 2016
Our October 2015 newsletter ‘English court decision considers aggregate claims’ discussed the case of AIG Europe v OC320301 (formerly the…
Carter Newell | Australia | 21 Jun 2016
It has been a number of years since the Queensland courts have had the opportunity to examine disclosure obligations under the Personal Injuries and…
Carter Newell | Australia | 20 Jun 2016
The Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation (National Injury Insurance Scheme) Amendment Bill 2016 (Bill) was introduced into parliament on 14 June…
Carter Newell | Australia | 31 May 2016
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has had significant wins in the Federal Court in the latter days of April 2016 against the…
Carter Newell | Australia | 31 May 2016
The Australian Security and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently released Information Sheet 214: Mining and resources: forward looking statements…
Carter Newell | Australia | 23 May 2016
In Kelly v Willmott Forests Ltd (in liq) (No 4) [2016] FCA 323 the Federal Court was asked to approve a settlement in class action proceedings. The…