Matthew Hickey OAM, Florence Chen — Arbitration, Appellate, Banking, Building & Construction, Commercial Equity, Competition & Consumer, Contract, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations, Employment & Industrial, Inquiries & Coronial Inquests, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Judicial Review & Administrative, Land Law & Property, Media & Defamation, Planning & Environment, Professional Negligence, Resources & Energy, Succession, Tax
Matthew Hickey and Florence Chen have been appointed to the Australian Bar Association’s Futures Committee for 2019. The Committee aims to "...keep abreast of issues related to the future of the legal profession including (but not limited to) the impact of emerging technologies. Priority objectives include advising the Executive on…
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
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) (UCPR (QLD)). It addresses UCPR (QLD)…
Shane Doyle KC, Matthew Hickey OAM — Appellate, Professional Negligence, Competition & Consumer
Today the High Court of Australia pronounced judgment in Robinson Helicopter Company Incorporated v McDermott & Ors, an appeal from the Queensland Court of Appeal. Shane Doyle QC and Matthew Hickey appeared for the successful appellant, Robinson Helicopter Company Incorporated, the American manufacturer of the popular light helicopter, the R22.…
Shane Doyle KC — Appellate, Professional Negligence
Justices Kiefel and Keane today refused special leave to appeal the decision of the Queensland Court of Appeal in Mules v Ferguson [2015] QCA 5. The case concerned the liability of a general practitioner for failing to refer a patient who was suffering neck stiffness to a specialist. The patient…
Shane Doyle KC — Appellate, Professional Negligence
Shane Doyle QC successful in appeal in a claim against a GP by a former patient who had sued for record damages for failing to refer her to a specialist Ms Mules had consulted her GP, Dr Ferguson, with headaches, neck pain and flushes to the face. Ms Mules was…
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