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Custom Fab Solutions Pty Ltd v Liberty Managing Agency Limited Company Number 03003603 & Anor [2025] QDC 140

17-9-25 / Danielle Davison — Employment & Industrial, Insurance

Danielle Davison appeared for the applicant, instructed by Enyo Lawyers. This decision is the first in Queensland to consider the operation of section 272A of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld), which Parliament introduced in 2024. In broad terms, section 272A prohibits the provision of insurance or an…

Inquest into the death of Jordan Robert Crocker

31-7-25 / Michael Trim KC — Employment & Industrial, Inquiries & Coronial Inquests

Michael Trim, instructed by Baker & McKenzie appeared on behalf of Air Conditioning Manufacturer, Daikin Australia Pty Ltd, at an inquest into the death of Jordan Robert Crocker, who was fatally electrocuted while inspecting a Daikin ducted air conditioner system at a domestic location. The Coroner made a number of…

Dawson 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 KC — 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.