By BTLawyers “It is a truism, often used in accident cases, that with every day that passes the memory becomes fainter and the imagination becomes more active. For that reason, a witness, however honest, rarely persuades a Judge that his [...]
So now that you’ve considered all the costs and risks and made a decision not to settle but go to trial, how should you prepare your witnesses and documents to give yourself the best chance of winning?
It is something every employer dreads; a workplace accident which causes injury to one of their employees. Don't let it happen to you.
As the NRL season in Australia kicks off for another year, there is one thing that we can be guaranteed to see on the field several times before the season ends – players experiencing a concussion.
Readers of our June Newsletter were surprised at a District Court decision which awarded a prisoner over $80,000 for slipping on a “quite inconspicuous” quantity of water. The finding that a prison had a duty to periodically inspect a [...]
It is no mystery that drinking to excess - intoxication - results in behaviour or actions that one would not ordinarily engage in whilst sober. However, when injury arises out of such circumstances, where do we draw the line between [...]
Gender equality within the workplace has recently garnered attention with the Federal Government announcing it will launch an enquiry into the discrimination in the work force directed against women who are pregnant or returning to work after taking parental leave. [...]
The Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2013 was passed by Parliament in June 2013. The Bill amends the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 ("ICA") in a number of significant ways, including: Extending the rights of third party beneficiaries; Requiring insurers to clearly [...]
The Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2013 was passed by Parliament in June 2013. The Bill amends the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 ("ICA") in a number of significant ways, including: Extending the rights of third party beneficiaries; Requiring insurers to clearly [...]
BTLawyers is growing, and we are thrilled to announce the launch of our Family Law Department! Our Team Our Family Law Department is led by Vanessa Hernandez. Vanessa graduated from Queensland University of Technology with degrees in Law and Business [...]