Andrew O’Brien appeared for the appellant (TAZ), instructed by the Jones & Associates. The judgment concerned appeals against conviction and for retrial by both appellants, regarding a previous judgment where the appellants were both found to have committed murder. The central issues considered were whether there was an unreasonable verdict…
Kuperman v Permanent Trustee Australia Limited [2023] QCA 54
28-3-23 / Andrew O'Brien KC — Appellate
Andrew O’Brien appeared for the Respondent, instructed by Mills Oakley. In September 2022, the primary judge dismissed the appellant’s application for leave to proceed with a claim for damages for personal injury following a 19-year delay. On appeal, the appellant sought to have the decision set aside, obtain leave to…
QNI Resources Pty Ltd & Anor v Vannin Capital Operations Limited & Ors [2023] QCA 13
10-2-23 / Andrew O'Brien KC — Appellate, Contract
Andrew O’Brien (with J Bell KC) appeared for the first respondent, instructed by Ashurst Australia. The judgment concerned an appeal by both the first and second appellants seeking to set aside orders made requiring the payment of a sum of US$30,835,112.14 from the appellants to the first respondent. The central…
Andrew O’Brien (with I J MacNicol) appeared for the appellant pro bono. The appellant appealed his convictions for 10 sexual offences on two grounds. Firstly, that a miscarriage of justice occurred because the Crown failed to disclose the complainant’s victim impact statement before she gave evidence. Secondly, that the verdicts…
Wood v Robertson O’Gorman Solicitors Pty Ltd [2022] QCA 201
14-10-22 / Andrew O'Brien KC — Appellate, Professional Negligence
Andrew O’Brien appeared for the respondent, instructed by Robertson O’Gorman Solicitors. This was an appeal against a decision dismissing the plaintiff’s claim under r 293 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) (UCPR). It was held that the plaintiff’s grounds of appeal advanced a number of misconceived contentions. The…
