The plaintiff, Russel Cook, was injured as a result of a motor vehicle accident. The driver, Ronald Buckingham, negligently ran off the road when driving the plaintiff to work. Mr Cook sued for damages sustained as a result of the...

On 12 September, the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, released the paper "Strengthening APRA’s Crisis Management Powers" for public consultation. The paper forms part of the ongoing review pro...

Company directors should be aware that there is only less than a week left to make a submission to Treasury in regards to the Federal Government’s first tranche of proposed amendments to directors’ liability legislation. Submi...

The Federal Government has asked industry and the public for their views on changing Australia’s anti-foreign bribery laws to remove the “facilitation payments” defence. Australian businesses and individuals who are engaged ...

In the recent High Court decision of Strong v Woolworths, the Court was asked to consider whether the plaintiff had proven that the defendant was negligent in circumstances where there was no evidence to complete the chain of caus...

A decision in this matter was handed down by the New Zealand High Court on 15 September 2011 that may have significant ramifications in Australia. The facts The case concerned the collapse of the Bridgecorp Group (which compr...