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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 AllSharpin v Qantas Airways Limited [2026] FCA 1399
23-9-26 / Scott Robinson — Employment & Industrial
This case concerned an Amended Interlocutory Application filed by the respondent, seeking orders that the applicant give discovery of documents pursuant to rr 20.12 and 20.15 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) (FCR). The Court considered the application of the relevant legislative scheme (FCR), and the established principles relating…
Stephens & Tozer Solicitors v Lambridis & Anor [2026] QDC 38
27-3-26 / Sean Russell — Commercial Equity, Employment & Industrial
Sean Russell appeared for the plaintiff, instructed by Stephens & Tozer Solicitors. This decision concerns a claim against a defendant employee and her company for breach of contract and fiduciary duties, arising from the alleged solicitation of an existing and prospective client to enter into a retainer agreement. The defendant…
