Harsh amendments to the Transport Accident scheme introduced by the Napthine Liberal Government are still in force, even though condemned at the time by the then opposition leader Daniel Andrews.
In 2013, the Victorian Government made chang…
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Court rules school "directly liable" for abuse due to the extent of power and control given to the perpetrator
Hadassa Erlich, a victim of sexual abuse at Adass Israel School in Melbourne, was awarded $1,024,000 in compensatory damages for pa…
A former resident of the Victorian children’s institution Winlaton has given evidence of sexual abuse and forced group counselling programs known as “triads” to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Winlat…
Three ex-residents of the former Victorian government-run youth institution Turana have told of the physical, psychological and sexual abuse they experienced in state care to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Ab…
A week into Royal Commission public hearings in Ballarat, a sexual abuse health expert gave compelling evidence on the pervasive effects of child sexual and psychological abuse on surivivors.
Associate Professor Dr. Carolyn Quadrio of the U…
Children abused while living in the care of two well-known Catholic orders are having their stories recorded by the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse and the Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Inqui…
When Victorian schoolteacher Peter Doulis was awarded nearly $1.3m in damages in September, the story attracted star billing in the media. You could almost hear the collective sucking in of breath at the size of the amount awarded by the Supre…
The frustration of having to pay and provide bank cheques when buying or selling property and waiting for them to clear for settlements is nearly a thing of the past.
From October 2014 the Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) will offer elect…
According to media reports, injured workers are increasingly being forced to undergo irrational medical examinations. Sometimes their employers even attending medical appointments with them.
So, what are your rights and obligations as an in…
There seems to have been a recent spike in the number of people who have been convicted of driving offences and lost their driving licence but who, for whatever reason, believe that they can still negotiate an agreement that allows them to con…
In Public Liability claims, it often appears on investigation that the wrongdoer is penniless and the injured client has to be told that it is unlikely that any judgement against the wrongdoer will be able to be enforced.
However, even the …
I've been in practice for 8 years as a plaintiff lawyer, mainly representing clients who have been injured at work or on the road and want to take their case to court.
The first interview with a client is always critical. It reveals a lot a…
It's time the Government set up a compensation fund.
On 16 November 2009, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to Forgotten Australians and to the child migrants. Kevin Rudd had already apologised to the Stolen Generations on 13 Febr…
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