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	<description>David Cormack, Barrister</description>
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		<title>Q-COMP – Judicial Review – Natural Justice and Evidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CSR Ltd v General Medical Assessment Tribunal – Thoracic &#38; Anor [2010] QSC 321 Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW – REVIEWABLE DECISIONS AND CONDUCT – REVIEW OF PARTICULAR DECISIONS – where the second respondent was employed by the applicant – where the second respondent claimed to have sustained bagassosis over a period of time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WCRA: trivial risk &#8211;  s.28 WPHSA &amp; prima facie presumption</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapman v University of Southern Queensland Student Guild [2010] QDC 318 CATCHWORDS EMPLOYEE’S WORKPLACE INJURY – trivial incident – no negligence – prima facie breach of statutory duty – defence under Workplace Health and Safety Act – assessment of damages. Issues The trial preceded the amendment to the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (QLD) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendment Bill</title>
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		<comments>http://www.barristerdirect.com.au/civil-and-criminal-jurisdiction-reform-and-modernisation-amendment-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Litigation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendment Bill   The Bill was passed on 3 August 2010, but is yet to be proclaimed. I refer you to the objectives of the Bill in the explanatory notes:   Objectives of the Bill   The objectives of the Bill are to: • expand the jurisdiction of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reasonableness of the employer’s response and proof of a practical alternative system of work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Negligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Griffiths v State of Queensland [2010] QSC 290 CATCHWORDS INDUSTRIAL LAW – INDUSTRIAL SAFETY HEALTH AND WELFARE – QUEENSLAND – WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION – LIABILITY – where the plaintiff claims for damages for personal injury incurred during the course of her employment – where the plaintiff was injured when a soda lime canister [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Limitation application &#8211; material fact – within means of knowledge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tregelles-Fox v WorkCover Queensland [2010] QSC 288 CATCHWORDS: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS – EXTENSION OR POSTPONEMENT OF LIMITATION PERIODS – EXTENSION OF TIME IN PERSONAL INJURIES MATTERS – GENERALLY – where the plaintiff has applied for an extension of the limitation period relating to his claim for personal injuries said to have been suffered in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New mandatory offer provisions in the Workers&#8217; Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I draw your attention to the QLS update (03/08/2010): From 1 July 2010, section 292 was amended to include mandatory offers between claimants, WorkCover (and self insurers) and third parties. Joint offers can also be made. In some cases, WorkCover has made a joint offer with the claimant to the third party to encourage earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WCRA &#8211; Slip from sitting on a chair when it moved &#8211; $419,461.36</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taylor v Invitro Technologies Pty Ltd [2010] QSC 282 CATCHWORDS: TORTS – NEGLIGENCE – ESSENTIALS OF ACTION FOR NEGLIGENCE – DUTY OF CARE – IN GENERAL – where the plaintiff was employed by the defendant and worked at a work station comprised of a partitioned area containing a desk and a chair – where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Material fact of a decisive character : Q-Comp appeal and Industrial Magistrate decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Injuries - limitation period]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leigh v. State of Queensland [2010] QSC 227 Should the limitation period be extended? [42] It was held in State of Queensland v Stephenson [2006] HCA 20; (2006) 226 CLR 197 at [19] (Stephenson) that the phrase “material fact of a decisive character relating to a right of action” was a composite expression, each element [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duty of care owed – Psychological harm &#8211; Police Royal Commission (NSW)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Negligence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reeves v State of New South Wales [2010] NSWSC 611               CATCHWORDS : TORTS &#8211; negligence &#8211; duty of care &#8211; police officers &#8211; reasonable foreseeability of risk of psychiatric injury &#8211; failure to monitor psychological condition after a long career &#8211; plaintiff placed in stressful situations &#8211; assigning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herniated disc (following sneezing) whilst taking washing off the line in an accommodation village &#8211; course of employment?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theiss Pty Ltd AND Q-COMP (C/2010/11)  Theiss appealed the decision of the Commission arguing that the sneeze which culminated in a herniated disc, whilst taking washing off the line in a remote accommodation village was not within the course of employment. To a lesser degree Theiss contended it was not a significant contributory factor. President [...]]]></description>
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