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Case Law Update – Disclosure Obligations

The District Court of Queensland has recently handed down a decision providing further guidance and clarification regarding the broad disclosure obligations required of injured claimants.  The matter of Clements v...

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Car accidents at work: CTP claim or workers’ compensation claim? (Part 2)

In our recent article titled “Car accidents at work: CTP claim or workers’ compensation claim?”, we discussed the options that are available to claimants who are injured in motor vehicle...

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Claims for Economic Loss in Personal Injury Claims – Why the decision of the High Court in Malec v. Hutton continues to be important

Background A significant component of any common law claim for damages is usually the claim for Future Economic Loss. Future Economic Loss usually constitutes a larger share of the total...

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Calculation of Future Economic Loss

Very often, and probably more often than not, the question of ‘what is my personal injury claim worth’ can be boiled down to ‘what will I recover for future loss...

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Car accidents at work: CTP claim or workers’ compensation claim?

If you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident through no fault of your own, you are likely to be entitled to pursue a claim against the at-fault party...

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Issues in compensation for Asbestosis

The word “Asbestosis” is often used as a generic or catch-all term to describe all forms of asbestos disease, but it is in fact a specific term describing a very...

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Whiplash Claims – What is my claim worth and do I need a lawyer?

There is a general perception which exists that whiplash injuries are generally minor or trivial injuries and compensation claims for whiplash are typically low or lower value claims. The statistical...

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