Take the law… Carter Capner Law's Queensland law digest

The Cruise Lines International Association has announced the adoption by the industry of a passenger bill of rights that guarantees the “safety, comfort and care” of guests. (more…)

As leisure cruising becomes a major segment of the Australian travel market with 53 cruise ships having a daily passenger capacity of 54,000 souls plying Australian waters and visiting 31 (more…)

The Supreme Court has chided a plaintiff’s lawyers during a seven day personal injury trial, for “deliberately not obtaining a signed statement” from their client to gain a forensic advantage by preventing (more…)

A 28-year-old first year apprentice electrician who was “roughing in” power cables to a Palm Beach apartment building in June 2008 was following a workaround (more…)

The Court of Appeal today reversed a judgment that last year saw a South Australian tourist fail in a lawsuit against Bonapartes Serviced Apartments in Spring Hill in which she claimed (more…)

Woolworths took no umbrage at a compensation claim arising out of the conduct of the butchery at its Ayr supermarket until it was made clear that the event for which damages (more…)

During the course of a statutory compensation process for a tennis elbow inury arising in the course of host employment over a period of six months in 2007 at Vinidex on Townsville’s outskirts, WorkCover personnel surmised (more…)

The extent of injury to a Mackay medical receptionist whose Holden Astra was wiped out by an oncoming vehicle that turned right through an intersection across her path (more…)

A restaurant patron injured when his chair collapsed mid-meal in January 2009, was last week stripped of the right to sue Toowoomba’s legendary Weis restaurant over an out-of-time lawsuit. (more…)

The presentation is familiar enough.

A labourer feels a twinge deep in his back after a heavy or awkward lift or pull but rather than report it (more…)