Procedural decisions are court rulings that deal with how a case is managed, rather than the final outcome on liability or damages. These include applications for disclosure, extensions of time, or strike-outs of claims. While they don’t determine whether someone wins or loses their case, they can significantly impact whether a claim proceeds to trial … Read more
These summaries are based on judgments published in 2023 on the Supreme Court Library Queensland (SCLQ) website for personal injury trials held in the Supreme and District Courts of Queensland. The judgments reviewed are primarily unreported decisions – publicly accessible via the SCLQ CaseLaw database but not selected for authorised law report series such as … Read more
These summaries are based on the judgments published on the Supreme Court Library Queensland (SCLQ) website in 2022 concerning personal injury trials in the Supreme and District Courts of Queensland. The judgments are mostly unreported, meaning they were not selected for inclusion in authorised law report series like the Queensland Reports. Nonetheless, these decisions are … Read more
These summaries are based on judgments published on the Supreme Court Library Queensland (SCLQ) website in 2021 for trials involving personal injury claims in the Supreme Court of Queensland. The judgments summarised are predominantly unreported, meaning they have not been selected for inclusion in an authorised law report series such as the Queensland Reports. However, … Read more
In 2018, Roche Legal assisted a client claim compensation when an unauthorised person entered his property and mistakenly shot and killed a prize bull which was being raised and groomed for competition and sire purposes. In 2018, a client of Roche Legal was living on leased farmland and raised cattle. In particular, the farmer was … Read more
The Accident In 2019, a client of ROCHE Legal in their late 50’s was working as a disability support worker. The support worker was unfortunately injured at work when assisting an elderly resident in a well-known disability support and aged care facility take a shower. Specifically, the injury occurred when the support worker slipped in … Read more
If you have been injured at work and made a workers compensation claim, you will ultimately learn that your weekly benefits are not going to be paid forever. Eventually, the workers compensation insurer (usually Workcover Queensland) will close out your claim by sending you to an independent medical examination (or for psychiatric injuries – to … Read more
The general principle of damages is that a plaintiff who has been injured by the negligence of a defendant should be awarded such sum of money as will (as nearly as possible) put them in the same position as if they had not been injured. A damages claim is not a free-ride, or a ticket … Read more
Payouts for personal injury claims are generally kept confidential and are usually only public knowledge if a judge determines the appropriate amount. In Queensland, the largest personal injury claim is around $20 million dollars for a heart-breaking and serious brain injury where the claimant required constant care and assistance for the remainder of his life. … Read more