Following a five day hearing commencing on 26 May 2014, Her Honour Justice Adamson handed down an important judgment - Parker v City of Bankstown RSL Community Club Ltd [2014] NSWSC 772 - highlighting a plaintiff's responsibility ...

A recent surge in un-litigated complaints from homeowners in Melbourne's outer suburbs coupled with a largely unheralded decision in the Domestic Building List of the Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), has the p...

Suncorp has announced this week it is purchasing MTA Insurance, subject to APRA approval. It is reported that the proposed acquisition will allow Suncorp to significantly expand the suite of products it can offer customers thro...

The recent decision of Almond J of the Supreme Court of Victoria in Bupa Australia Pty Ltd v Shaw1 provides some useful commentary on the principles of the right of subrogation, the principles of policy interpretation, and the pri...

Many of you will be familiar with the worldwide "Occupy" movements, which received substantial media coverage in both 2011 and 2012.  Locally, the "Occupy Melbourne" movement also grabbed the media's attention in mid-late 2011 in...

When a company or corporate organisation commits a crime, its directors and managers may be liable. The various States and Territories have had different legislation governing the liability of a director or manager. To streamli...