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Case Law Developments within the Hospitality, Retail & Leisure sectors (September 2026)
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Legal & Regulatory Developments within the Hospitality, Retail & Leisure sectors (September 2026)
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Financial Services Legal Update: Half Yearly Report 2026
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Hospitality, Retail & Leisure Market Update
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Construction Legal Update: Half Yearly Report 2026
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“Shock claim short-circuited”: Electric-shock claim dismissed on credibility gaps, photo metadata and no contemporaneous proof
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A Crack in the Plaintiff’s Case?
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Xue v Karimbla Properties (No.45) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 795
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Blue OP Partner Pty Ltd v De Roma [2023] NSWCA 161
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Ballina Shire Council v Moore [2023] NSWCA 155
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Covid-19, vaccinations & the workplace – an HR issue or a Safety issue?
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Specialist Opinion Cure for Significant Delay in Extension Application
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Extension of limitation period denied, in favour of Doctor
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COVID-19: responding to legal & commercial risks
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Confused about COVID-19 Lockdown Laws?
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Not my employee! Consideration of an employers’ liability exclusion clause
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Calling all witnesses! – The importance of calling key witnesses
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Queensland Court of Appeal upholds that deceased driver owes duty to police officer
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How Much Does It Cost To Replace A Navy Patrol Boat? 31.5 Million!
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Dead driver owes police officer duty
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Don’t fall for a smoko: compo for fast food worker injured while smoking before shift
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Crikey – kangaroo chaos! Was the risk of colliding with a ‘roo obvious and should the Council have paid big bucks to erect a ‘roo proof airport fence?
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Mandatory counselling? Queensland Supreme Court says “No”
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To Protect (your income) and Serve
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Delay no impediment – Plaintiff’s late expert evidence allowed
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Cleaners who are not perfect are not necessarily negligent: Court of Appeal win for cleaning contractor represented by HBA Legal
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Same Safe-T-Step but one supermarket employer did not owe a duty of care.
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Bunnings not liable for injuries on raised playground surface
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Exclusion clauses in insurance policies can’t operate to make the contract a commercial nonsense
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Out with the old, in with the insurer – Implications of the Civil Liability (Third Party Claims Against Insurers) Act 2017
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When is a discount, not a discount?
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Architects (and their clients) should take care as to the terms on which sub consultants are retained
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Trainee’s attempted murder not mishandled; Optus wins appeal against $3.9 million award
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Get your stairway examined – Plaintiff awarded $1.6M for “stumble, loss of balance and fall” upon a stairway
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No knowledge, no liability for employer in sexual assault case
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Claimant’s excuse for delay “stretches credulity” – Defendant succeeds in limitation defence
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Verdict for Boral in claim by employee of haulage contractor – Court of Appeal rejects argument that a principal owes a duty to provide a safe system of work to an employee of a subcontractor
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Another win for a haulage contractor in claim by employee of subcontractor
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What is an accident?
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Peer accepted practice: a Courts consideration of the term ‘widely accepted practice’
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Obtaining consent from non-English speaking patients
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Newcastle Private Hospital – Found to be negligent for failing to adhere to post-operativeclinical pathway
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Mother left to die after home birth: the importance of regulation of private practicing midwives in home settings
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The Importance of Taking Critical Incidents Seriously – Carer awarded $454K in damages for client assault
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The Importance of Incident Reporting
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The shooting of Harambe at Cincinnati Zoo: An Australian public liability perspective
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Employers Primary Duty of Care Under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011
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Scope of duty – employers and principals
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High Court confirms insurers of insolvent companies can be joined to proceedings
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Rollings v Portrange Pty Ltd & Xstrata Nickel Australasia Operations Pty Ltd [2014] WADC 56
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Portrange Pty Ltd V Xstrata Nickel Australiasia Operations Pty Ltd [2015] WADC 118
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McGlashan v QBE Insurance (Aust) Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 486
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Kelly v Humanis Group Limited [2014] WADC 43
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GIO General Limited v Centennial Newstan Pty Ltd 2014 NSWCA 13
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Canny v Primepower Engineering [2015] WADC 81
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Selig v Wealthsure Pty Ltd & Ors [2015] HCA 18
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Law Update NSW District Court Wurth v Sampco Pty Ltd
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Law Update NSW District Court Wurth v Sampco Pty Ltd
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Wurth v Sampco Pty Ltd [2013] NSWDC 173
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Don’t Get Sunk by Brokers’ Duties – Revisiting Insurance Brokers’ Obligations Towards Policy Holders
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Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd v Meneghello 2013 NSWCA 264
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Doyle (WA) Pty Ltd v ING Real Estate Joondalup [2013] WADC 18
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Fitzsimmons v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 273 (29 August 2013)
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Wurth v Sampco Pty Ltd [2013] NSWDC 173
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