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In QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited v Lay [2023] NSWSC 1433, the matter before the Supreme Court was the insurer's application for judicial review of the Merit Reviewer's decision and the President's Delegate's decision regarding the claimant's enti...

On 20 November 2023, the NSW Supreme Court delivered judgment in the matter of Langdon v Carnival PLC t/as P&O Cruises Australia [2023] NSWSC 1406.

On 24 November 2023 The Personal Injury Commission released its decision in Kouchekisheikhani v Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2023] NSWPIC 597. The Claimant alleges he was standing behind a parked car and that the Insured vehicle ran over his ...

In its decision regarding Black Head Bowling Club Ltd v Harrower [2023] NSWCA 267, the New South Wales Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Black Head Bowling Club against a finding that it was negligent for failing to hire an engineer to verif...

Through its recent decision in Citywide Service Solutions Pty Ltd v Rosata; Kabbout v Crown Melbourne Ltd [2023] VSCA 281, the Victorian Court of Appeal has restored what had been a tacit understanding in personal injury litigation.

The decision in Alldinger v Du Ranot [2023] NSWCA 271 demonstrates that actual business earnings that are at significant odds with declared business earnings, are not always an accurate depiction of potential future earnings.

On 25 October 2023, Justice Stewart of the Federal Court of Australia handed down the decision in Karpik v Carnival plc (The Ruby Princess) (Initial Trial) [2023] FCA 1280 - believed to be the first decision (globally) addressing a claim for personal...

A vehicle is not a motor vehicle unless it was built with the intention of being propelled by a motor which forms part of the vehicle. In assessing whether a vehicle is a motor vehicle the focus is on the intention of the manufacturer, at the time th...