8-11-21 / Shane Monks, Sophie Gibson — Corporations
This judgement concerned the orders for costs of an application dismissed for want of prosecution. It was not contested that the applicant should be ordered to pay the costs of the respondents. Rather, the disputed questions were, first, whether costs should be assessed on an indemnity basis; and second, whether…
Broadbent v Medical Board of Australia [2021] QDC 189
17-9-21 / Sophie Gibson — Professional Discipline & Regulatory
In 2007 and 2008, the Medical Board of Queensland (MBQ) brought disciplinary proceedings against the applicant alleging that the applicant had engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct in his practice of medicine as a surgeon. On 10 June 2010, QCAT found that the applicant’s treatment of two patients amounted to unsatisfactory…
23-6-21 / Nicholas Andreatidis KC, Anthony Messina, Sophie Gibson — Contract, Banking
Anthony Messina and Sophie Gibson appeared for the respondents, instructed by Mullins Lawyers. The judgment is available here. Counsel authored this summary of the issues, outcome and implications arising from the matter. A snapshot summary of the case background and issues is available here.
LWB QLD SBB Limited v State of Queensland [2021] NSWSC 462
4-5-21 / Matthew Hickey OAM KC, Sophie Gibson — Commercial Equity, Contract
This case concerned the construction of a dispute resolution clause in an agreement for the undertaking of a "social benefit bond", to which the State of Queensland is a party. Against the background of a dispute which has arisen between the parties, the question for the New South Wales Supreme…
