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

A seriously injured truck driver ”of limited education” has won the right to pursue motor accident compensation damages after a last gasp limitation extension hearing to rectify (more…)

The December update of the REIQ residential land contract includes a half-hearted attempt to avert opportunistic terminations and forfeited deposits (more…)

The recent Supreme Court failure of a worker’s limitation extension application has highlighted once again how the statutory censorship regime that applies (more…)

Despite no satisfactory explanation for a 3 year delay, a 26 yr old plaintiff was this month allowed to proceed with a negligent “schoolyard (more…)

Agents and solicitors were last week dealt a harsh lesson from the Supreme Court about the operation of residential finance and building & pest conditions and how not to (more…)

In a joint judgment, three appeal judges last week admonished QC Syd Williams for a “lack of understanding about domestic tasks” over trivialising gratuitous (more…)

A Beenleigh solicitor was exonerated on Thursday after the Supreme Court decided he had not been responsible for any misappropriation of sale proceeds where he had accepted a deposit of title deeds (more…)

A generous approach to the calculation of the settlement date following registration of a community titles plan, has rebounded on a North Queensland solicitor after the Supreme Court ordered* a developer client to repay (more…)

Non-compliance with the disclosure requirements of the Environmental Protection Act (“EPA”) and the Body Corporate and Community Management Act (“BCCMA”) was the basis (more…)