Archive for the 'Personal Injuries Criminal' Category

Case Law & Legislation Update by Steve Herd

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

A very helpful summary of the Civil Liability and Other Amendment Act 2003 (Qld) and table of indexed General Damages pre/post 1 July 2010, together with a snapshot of cases for the past year by Steve Herd (Senior Associate) of Murphy Schmidt Solicitors:
Case Law and Legislation Update – SPH
Reproduced with permission.

Sexual assaults & assessment of damages

Monday, February 1st, 2010

 K v G [2010] QSC 13 

The plaintiff’s claim for personal injury by her guardian was in respect of sexual assaults for which the defendant had been convicted of whilst she was a child:
[9] According to a Certificate of Conviction tendered as part of the plaintiff’s case, on 20 May 2004 the defendant pleaded guilty in [...]

David Cormack, Barrister