Great Barrier Reef Yacht Club Villas Pty Ltd v Insurance Australia Limited [2025] QSC 256
10-10-25 / Stewart Webster KC — Insurance, Land Law & Property
Stewart Webster KC (leading S Walpole) appeared for the plaintiff, instructed by MinterEllison. The application followed an order requiring the plaintiff to provide security for costs. The plaintiff then sought to provide that security in the form of an after the event insurance policy with an anti-avoidance endorsement. The plaintiff…
Philip Usher Constructions Pty Ltd v Cross River Rail Delivery Authority & Anor (No 2) [2025] QLC 24
19-9-25 / Rob Anderson KC — Land Law & Property
Rob Anderson KC (with JS Brien) represented the first respondent, instructed by Ashurst. The matter concerned a costs application in which both parties claimed to have been substantially successful in the original proceeding regarding compensation for the compulsory acquisition of land. The applicant argued that it was simply seeking an…
Genamson Holdings Pty Ltd v Moreton Bay Regional Council (No 2) [2025] QLAC 4
18-9-25 / Rob Anderson KC — Appellate, Land Law & Property
Rob Anderson KC (with WDJ Macintosh) appeared on behalf of the appellant, instructed by HWL Ebsworth. In summary, this proceeding concerned the appellant’s entitlement to costs following a successful appeal on a preliminary issue under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 (Qld). The Court previously found that the appellant was…
Novadeck Pty Ltd v CK & PT Property Holdings Pty Ltd [2025] QCA 170
12-9-25 / Andrew O'Brien, Christopher Doyle — Contract, Land Law & Property
Andrew O'Brien (with J B O'Brien) appeared for the appellant, instructed by David K Lawyers. Christopher Doyle appeared for the respondent, instructed by Kilmartin Knyvett Lawyers. The Court of Appeal was asked if the primary judge erred in the proper construction of the contract as to if the word ‘pay’…
Damian Clothier KC (with K McAuliffe-Lake) appeared for the Appellant/Cross-appellant, instructed by Allens. The central issue in this case was whether the Land Court erred in its assessment of compensation payable under s 281 of the Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld) for the grant of mining lease ML 700033, particularly…
