The High Court of Australia has allowed one appeal and partially allowed a second by plaintiffs alleging sexual abuse in care as children. Of particular relevance is the decision of Wilmot v State of Queensland, an appeal against a decision by the Supreme Court of Queensland to permanently stay an abuse claim brought by a […]
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As we move into a new year, we paused for a moment to reflect on last year’s lessons in charity law and the issues we expect will emerge in the next year. We published some brief observations on our Linkedin page and summarise a few of them in this post. Lesson 1: Employment is still
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This article forms part of our Government Accountability Practice Area Spotlight for the month of January. Please subscribe to receive future updates. In December 2022, the Queensland Court of Appeal handed down a judgment affirming that, during the period of the declared public health emergency starting on 29 January 2020, the parliament had delegated its
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Authors: Chris Mills, Ben Maxwell and Lydia Andrews The Personal Injuries and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 (‘the Bill’) introduces offences similar to the Motor Accident Insurance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (‘MAI Amendment Act’). The MAI Amendment Act introduced a prohibition on claim farming in relation to motor vehicle claims as the practice
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