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Public and Products Liability

Policy terms: Where does the onus of proof lie?
April 07, 2010 - Author: Olympia Samolis
ACE v Moose: Enforcing the jurisdictional bargain
September 14, 2009 - Author: Adam Chylek and Gareth Horne
Dishonourable causes – a bar to action: Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Limited (in liquidation) (2009) UKHL 39
August 20, 2009 - Author: Charles Thornley
A shot across the bows of private statutory causes of action for personal injury
July 17, 2009 - Author: Charles Thornley
Australian court gives effect to the term ‘retroactive date’
February 17, 2009 - Author: Charles Simon and Clare Branch
Developments in labour hire liabilities
June 16, 2009 - Author: Andrew Seiter
Hoteliers’ liability: Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Moubarak (2009) NSWCA 29
March 17, 2009 - Author: Robin Shute

Professional Indemnity

Dimitra Cassidy v Eric J Leslie [2010] NSWSC 742: What is a claim?
July 19, 2010 - Author: Patrick Boardman and Gabrielle Levette
Loss of Chance and Causation
April 23, 2010 - Author: Eve Bignell

Directors and Officers

Third party claims and deeds of company arrangement: The Lehman Brothers DOCA fails
April 01, 2010 - Author: Jane Bochenek
Financial Lines Quarterly Review
March 22, 2010 - Author: Patrick Boardman, Charles Thornley & Colleen Palmkvist
ASIC unable to reel in the Rich - Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Rich
November 27, 2009 - Author: Matt Foglia and Richard Bassingthwaite

Construction and Contract Works

All in a state: The pitfalls of negotiating professional indemnity insurance in large scale commercial contracts
July 07, 2010 - Author: Callan O'Neill
Developments in construction, engineering and contract works
June 28, 2010 - Author: Hannah Keane, Michael Bath & Jason Buttigieg
High Court reaffirms principals’ duties to contractors
September 03, 2009 - Author: Charles Simon and Cassandra Wright
QBE v Lumley: A restatement of contribution principles
June 26, 2009 - Author: Gareth Horne

Other

Sweeping changes proposed to civil procedure in Victoria
June 28, 2010 - Author: Andrew Seiter, Senior Associate
Brookfield Multiplex Limited v International Litigation Funding Partners Pte Ltd [2009] FCAFC 147
October 30, 2009 - Author: Patrick Boardman




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Wotton + Kearney Year in Review – 2009
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