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View AllOffers to Settle - Downs & South West QLD District Law Association CPD registration open
Shane Monks, Kristi Riedel — Contract, Employment & Industrial, Insurance, Succession
'Settling Up, Not Settling Down' will be a seminar hosted as a collaboration between the Downs & South West QLD Law Association (DSWQLA) and Level Twenty Seven Chambers 1730 on 1 December 2022. Shane Monks and Kristi Riedel (Level Twenty Seven Chambers) and Clare Dart (Inns of Court) are barristers…
Scott McLeod QC Joins ASIEQ and BTLawyers Seminar - The Art of Decision Writing
Scott McLeod KC — Employment & Industrial
Scott McLeod QC and Stuart Unwin (BT Lawyers) will take the audience through real-life examples and outline some practical trips and traps which improve decision writing. Writing decisions to accept, reject and terminate claims can be time consuming and difficult. The experts will review: How to write better decisions How…
Upcoming Seminars
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Latest Publications
View AllDiamond in the Rough: Finding Value In and Maximising Prospects in Disputes Through Mediation
25-6-19 / Glenn Newton KC, Matthew Hickey OAM KC — Banking, Building & Construction, Commercial Equity, Contract, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations, Employment & Industrial, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Land Law & Property, Media & Defamation, Professional Discipline & Regulatory, Professional Negligence, Resources & Energy
On 18 June 2019 Glenn Newton QC, facilitated by Matthew Hickey, provided a seminar on the essential factors to increase the prospects of a successful mediation. Topics examined included: Recognising what mediation involves Essentials for mediation preparation The central role of emotional intelligence as well as analytical intelligence, and how to…
Originating process, pleadings and amendment: Queensland
8-4-19 / James Green, Borcsa Vass — Banking, Building & Construction, Commercial Equity, Competition & Consumer, Contract, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations, Employment & Industrial, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Judicial Review & Administrative, Land Law & Property, Media & Defamation, Planning & Environment, Professional Negligence, Resources & Energy, Succession
James Green and Borcsa Vass have contributed the chapter 'Originating process, pleadings and amendment: Queensland' to Thomson Reuters' Practical Law Australia Dispute Resolution module. This chapter explains how proceedings are commenced and the practice and procedure of pleadings, particulars and amendment in Queensland under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld)…
Recent Cases
View AllReeve v Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand [2025] FCA 1480
27-11-25 / Bianca Kabel — Employment & Industrial, Judicial Review & Administrative
Bianca Kabel appeared on behalf of the respondents, instructed by Clayton Utz. In summary, the applicant sought an adjournment of a case management hearing and “targeted discovery orders” shortly before the scheduled hearing, citing health issues, family responsibilities, and pending investigations. The Court refused the adjournment, holding that the interests…
HealthX Group Pty Ltd v Palling (No 2) [2025] FCA 1300
24-10-25 / Michael Trim KC — Employment & Industrial
Michael Trim appeared for the respondent / cross-applicant, instructed by Carter Newell Lawyers. The respondent had been a senior executive employed by the applicant. She had resigned and taken up employment with a business that the applicant contended was a competitor. The applicant had commenced proceedings seeking to enforce a restraint…
Romanski v Stone (No 3) [2025] ICQ 022
20-10-25 / Lucinda Brabazon — Employment & Industrial
Lucinda Brabazon (led by Scott Mcleod KC) provided written submissions for the Respondent, instructed by Resources Safety and Health Queensland. This case concerns whether costs should be awarded to the Appellant (an underground mine manager and Site Senior Executive) following his application for prerogative relief. The application sought review of…
