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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 AllDawson v State of Queensland (Department of the Premier and Cabinet) [2025] QIRC 109
1-5-25 / Matthew Wilkinson — Employment & Industrial
Matthew Wilkinson appeared for the respondent, the State of Queensland (Department of the Premier and Cabinet), in an application to reopen proceedings in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission. The applicant sought injunctive relief in the QIRC concerning alleged unlawful reprisals pursuant to the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 (Qld). The applicant's application…
HealthX Group Pty Ltd v Palling [2025] FCA 298
2-4-25 / Michael Trim — Employment & Industrial
Michael Trim represented the responsent, instructed by Carter Newell Lawyers. HealthX Group Pty Ltd v Palling [2025] FCA 298 concerned the applicant’s interlocutory application to amend its originating application and statement of claim to add a new equitable claim for relief, distinct from its existing contractual claim. The Court dismissed the…
Commissioner of Taxation v Hatfield Plumbing Pty Ltd (Trustee) [2025] FCA 182
12-3-25 / Michael May, Florence Chen — Employment & Industrial, Tax
Florence Chen (led by Mr D Butler KC) appeared for the Applicant, instructed by McInnes Wilson Lawyers. Michael May (leading Mr D Johnston) appeared for the Respondent, instructed by HLS Tax Law.
