Casaclan v Wealthsure Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 761 is the most recent decision involving Wealthsure Pty Ltd and their former authorised representative Mr Colin Oberg following the High Court’s Selig & Another v Wealthsure Pty Ltd (2015) 320 ALR 47 judgement.

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The recent blockades of Australia’s waterfront and ports may bring flashbacks to the 1998 Waterfront Dispute and have people questioning where the workplace word of the millennium, “Collaboration” has gone.

Nothing about the internet changes the fact that the owner of the copyright in a book, movie or music is the only party that has the right to exploit that material. They can offer an end user a license to access the material for a fee, they can give an end user the right to download and play a movie for their personal use, or they can license a movie chain to play that movie in the cinema. Those rights belong to the owner of the copyright and no-one else has the right to use or access the material unless they have the permission (and paid the fee if required) of the rights holder.

Are you interested in hearing from experts in the field about dealing with death in the health and aged care industry – including advance care directives, coronial inquests and euthanasia?

The Supreme Court of Queensland has recently been asked to consider whether or not an exchange of emails between a potential purchaser and the agent of a vendor was sufficient to create a legally binding contract. The first question answered by the Court was whether or not the facts of the case supported the finding that a contract existed, and second whether or not that contract could be created on the mere sending of emails. In this case, there was no formal contract for the sale of land.

3D printing has been around in one form or another since 1984, when a process was introduced to transfer digital data into tangible objects. While initially utilised in experimental, technical and scientific endeavours, the technology has advanced to a point where “home printing” and desktop scale printers have been introduced to the market. The technology is now readily available to the consumer.

Previous proceedings brought by a credit hire car provider in the name of an insured do not necessarily preclude a later subrogated action.

Congratulations to our Franchise and Retail partner, Corinne Attard who  has again been selected for the second year running by Who’s Who Legal as being among the world’s leading franchise lawyers.  Corinne acts for retailers, franchisors and master franchisees including some of the world’s most recognisable brands.

The Queensland Treasurer, Curtis Pitt, on 15 July 2015 introduced into Queensland Parliament the Workers’ Compensation & Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 (Qld) (the Bill). The Bill makes a number of amendments to the Workers’ Compensation & Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) (WC&RA), the most significant of which is clause 6 which will see the removal from the WC&RA of the requirement for a worker’s injury to have an assessed degree of permanent impairment (DPI) of more than 5% in order for a worker to be entitled to bring a common law claim against their employer. The amendment is proposed to be back dated to commence on 31 January 2015 (the date the Qld state election was held).