Proposed Supreme Court Sittings – Southport
Re: Southport Circuit sittings 2 September 2019 – 13 September 2019 The Supreme Court of Queensland is currently finalising its calendar for the period July 2019 to January 2020. The Court proposes to hold a [...]
CASE NOTE: Way & Anor v Primo Rossi Pty Ltd & Anor [2018] QCA 203
Way & Anor v Primo Rossi Pty Ltd & Anor [2018] QCA 203 This appeal from a decision of Muir DCJ in the District Court at Southport to the Court of Appeal involved a [...]
CASE NOTE: JM Family Holdings Pty Ltd & Anor v Owltown Pty Ltd & Anor
JM Family Holdings Pty Ltd & Anor v Owltown Pty Ltd & Anor [2018] QCA 260 This appeal was heard by Court of Appeal Justices Fraser and McMurdo but the leading judgment was that [...]
Communication with the Bench – Do I or Don’t I
Practitioners involved in litigation in any of our Courts or Tribunals are often faced with the prospect of having to communicate with a judicial officer or registry staff in relation to a contentious issue. This [...]
Legal profession: limitation period on costs assessment, itemised bills
Qld Law Group – A New Direction Pty Ltd v Crisp [2018] QCA 245 Decision date: 28 September 2018 Sofronoff P; Morrison JA; Philippides JA The applicant firm represented the respondent in a proceeding [...]
Court of Appeal win for bodies corporate
In the recent Court of Appeal decision of Miles & Anor v Gough & Ors [2017] QCA 190, the Court heard an appeal against a decision of Senior Member Brown in the Queensland Civil [...]