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Bulk Notifications – Precautionary Notifications - Notification of a problem: When is a notification sufficient for the purpose of S.40? A look at Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) v Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2023] FCA 190

Thursday 30 March 2023 / by John Van de Poll posted in Insurance Uniting Church in Australia Allianz Sexual Abuse Bulk Notifications Precautionary Notifications Psychiatric Injury

The recent Federal Court decision in Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) v Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2023] FCA 190 arose out of historic claims of sexual and physical abuse at Knox Grammar School in Sydney, dating back to the 1970’s.

Case Note: Dhupar v Lee [2022] NSWCA 15 – Section 71 does not preclude an award for damages for phychiatric injury arising from childbirth

Wednesday 27 July 2022 / by Zara Officer & Perry Peralta posted in Health Aged Care & Life Sciences Insurance Filshie Clips Medical Negligence Gynaecological Surgery Pregnancy Tubal Ligation Psychiatric Injury Civil Liability Act 2002 Wrongful Birth

This article discusses the 18 February 2022 decision in Dhupar v Lee [2022] NSWCA 15, which illustrates that damages are available for economic loss arising from an injury suffered by a mother as the result of giving birth.