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		<title>Motor Accident Insurance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The objectives of the Bill are in part: reduce delivery and acquisition costs and promote greater price competition within the CTP scheme so as to deliver premium savings to motor vehicle owners. The Bill amends the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (MAI Act) to cater for the State as the insurer of last resort in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MVA &#8211; sudden and unheralded incapacitating event</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Negligence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foster v Claybourn’s Discount Tiles P/L &#38; Anor [2010] QDC 290 Catchwords Personal injuries suffered by plaintiff in motor vehicle accident – defendants’ approaching vehicle moved to its incorrect side of road – defendants denied liability on basis that cause of accident was their driver’s suffering a temporal lobe seizure, a diagnosis made months afterwards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MVA &#8211; apportionment 75/25% against the plaintiff &amp; credibility problems &#8211; $11,449.47</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries CTP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holland v Kachel &#38; QBE Insurance (Aust) Ltd [2010] QDC 287 CATCHWORDS: DAMAGES – NEGLIGENCE &#8211; PERSONAL INJURY – motor vehicle accident – application of s.146 of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Road Rules) Regulation &#8211; whether the collision occurred on a ‘road’ or a ‘road related area’ – application of s.74 of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CLA &#8211; &#8220;obvious risk&#8221; &amp; &#8220;dangerous recreational activity&#8221; &#8211; voluntary assumption of risk</title>
		<link>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/cla-obvious-risk-dangerous-recreational-activity-voluntary-assumption-of-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/cla-obvious-risk-dangerous-recreational-activity-voluntary-assumption-of-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries CTP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wilson v Lambkin [2010] QDC 254 Catchwords NEGLIGENCE – CLAIM FOR DAMAGES – PERSONAL INJURY – LIABILITY – QUANTUM – where licensed driver collided with off road object – duty of care of inexperienced licensed driver – learner driver – driver training – numerous laps of isolated bushland road – whether “dangerous recreational activity” occurred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S.57(2)(b) MAIA –  exercise of the discretion  &#8211; unfettered?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/s-572b-maia-%e2%80%93-exercise-of-the-discretion-unfettered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blundstone v Johnson &#38; Anor [2010] QCA 148 I refer to my earlier posting of the first instance decision and refer you to the appeal decision refusing leave. HOLMES JA: [15] The applicants contended that the learned primary judge had erred in proceeding on the premise that the discretion under s 57(2)(b) was unfettered. Their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amendments to the CLA commence 01/07/2010</title>
		<link>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/amendments-to-the-cla-commence-01072010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/amendments-to-the-cla-commence-01072010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Negligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries CTP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries Public Liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries Workers' Comp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I refer to my earlier posting and the QLS update. The amendments commence on 1 July 2010. Brisbane Barrister – David Cormack]]></description>
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		<title>Sections 5(1)(a)(i) &amp; (ii) &#8211; driving of a motor vehicle or collision?</title>
		<link>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/sections-51ai-ii-driving-of-a-motor-vehicle-or-collision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/sections-51ai-ii-driving-of-a-motor-vehicle-or-collision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suncorp Metway Insurance Limited v Sichter and Ors [2010] QSC 164 The plaintiff was standing adjacent to a wheelie bin on the footpath when the garbage collection truck moved towards the property and pulled up adjacent to the wheelie bins. The truck was stationary and the mechanical lifting mechanism was engaged to lift and empty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joinder of defendant (out of time) in the absence of pre-court PIPA compliance</title>
		<link>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/joinder-of-a-third-party-as-a-defendant-out-of-time-in-the-absence-of-pipa-pre-proceedings-compliance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/joinder-of-a-third-party-as-a-defendant-out-of-time-in-the-absence-of-pipa-pre-proceedings-compliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 05:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries - limitation period]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries CTP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries Public Liability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Etemovic v Baulderstone Hornibrook Qld Pty Ltd [2010] QSC 141 The plaintiff sought to join an existing third party as the second defendant in circumstances where as against the third party the limitation period had expired and they had not complied with the pre-court compliance as prescribed by the Personal Injuries and Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) (&#8220;PIPA&#8221;). The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Determination of capacity where the plaintiff is unwilling</title>
		<link>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/determination-of-capacity-where-the-plaintiff-is-unwilling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/determination-of-capacity-where-the-plaintiff-is-unwilling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries CTP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Till v Nominal Defendant [2010] QSC 121   The application regarding Mr Till’s capacity was brought by his lawyer in circumstances where Mr Till refused to be examined by a psychiatrist to determine capacity. The principal question was whether there was jurisdiction to intervene and if so on what basis. The incident giving rise to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special relationship between the &#8220;leading car&#8221; and the &#8220;following car&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/special-relationship-between-the-leading-car-and-the-following-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/special-relationship-between-the-leading-car-and-the-following-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vos v Hawkswell &#38; Anor [2010] QCA 92   I refer to my earlier posting regarding the primary findings on fact and the rationale for it by his Honour Searles DCJ. The appeal principally centred on accepting the factual and credit findings of his Honour Searles DCJ and then applying Rains v Frost Enterprises Pty [...]]]></description>
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