Samantha Cathcart
McInnes Wilson Lawyers
Articles
Bully and harassment policies: is your company following its process?
Australia - June 10 2014 A recent decision heard in the Brisbane Supreme Court of Keegan v Sussan Corporation (Aust.) Pty Ltd [2014] QSC 64 highlighted the importance of an…
Contributory negligence considerations – a backpacker, a van, a motorbike and a man.
Australia - March 28 2014 Two Supreme Court of Queensland cases of McAndrew v. AAI Ltd [2013] QSC 290 and Habig v. McCrae and Ors [2013] QSC 335 consider contributory…
Employer not liable for a risk of injury that was not foreseeable
Australia - October 11 2013 Facts In the case of Micallef v Endeavour Foundation the District Court at Innisfail considered the foreseeability of a risk of injury in…
Workplace assault between two employees not reasonably foreseeable by employer
Australia - October 11 2013 Facts In Pols v AME Products Pty Ltd the District Court at Brisbane considered the foreseeability of a risk of injury in circumstances where a…
Workplace assault between two employees not reasonably foreseeable by employer
Australia - September 5 2013 In Pols v AME Products Pty Ltd= the District Court at Brisbane considered the foreseeability of a risk of injury in circumstances where a Worker was…
