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14 May
When is there a reasonable excuse to make a claim out of time?
THE SITUATION. In Green v Workers’ Compensation Regulator [2019] ICQ 3, the Industrial Court of Queensland had to consider whether an insurer had failed to properly waive the timeframe for a claim for statutory compensation to be lodged in...
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16 Apr
DO NEGLIGENT DRIVERS OWE EMERGENCY SERVICE WORKERS A DUTY OF CARE?
On 17 February 2013 a vehicle driven by Mr Byron Williams collided with a tree at Hennessy Hill in Queensland. After arriving at the scene Mr David Caffrey, a Senior Constable with the Queensland Police Service, tried valiantly to save Mr Williams’...
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16 Apr
Queensland Police Service fall foul of the Privacy Act
In February 2014 an employee of the Queensland Police Service (QPS), Neil Punchard, gave the residential address of a domestic violence victim (ZIL) to a childhood friend who was ZIL’s ex-partner. From February 2014 until May 2016 ZIL’s...
