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The New South Wales Supreme Court awarded damages to former NRL player, Lucas Miller, following his medical negligence claim against a French Orthopaedic Surgeon. The young and promising NRL player had stints with both the…

The Public Health (COVID-19 Mandatory Face Coverings) Order (No 3) 2021 issued on 25 June 2021 provides for the exceptions to wearing a face mask. It also provides for the circumstances in which you are required to…

The Honourable Justice Hoeben AM RFD, Chief Judge at Common Law, will retire as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 31 August 2021. Justice Hoeben was sworn in as a…

The case of Ward v The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Lismore [2019] NSWSC 1776 illustrates well the test for an application for permanent stay of proceedings in an historical sexual abuse…

On 19 September 2010 the appellant, Ms Makaroff, had an unfortunate incident with one of her horses, resulting in a dislocation to her right shoulder, and a bite wound. She was taken to Nepean Hospital,…

In work injury damages claims where damages are limited to economic loss, the assessment of economic loss is often the significant issue in disagreement between the parties. Parties regularly obtain experts to make an assessment…

The recent Supreme Court of New South Wales decision of Rathswohl v Court [2021] NSWSC 356, involved 3 siblings disputing their entitlements to their late father’s estate. The defendant, Yvette, claimed she cared for her father for…

Injured picker-packer, Mr Williams, successfully has decision of the District Court of NSW overturned in the NSW Court of Appeal. Mr Williams was employed as a picker-packer in a product distribution centre operated by Metcash…

In 2007, the plaintiff was working as a self-employed brick cleaner on a building site, occupied by the defendant, a building company, at the time of the incident. The plaintiff fell approximately 4.5 metres, from…