Member Articles

Contact: Andrew Shute and Matthew Payten, Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) Legal professional privilege, also known as client legal privilege, is an important tool to facilitate frank legal advice between lawyer ...

Contact: Tony Stumm, Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) This newsletter reviews the recent decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia on the court’s adjudication as to whether ‘unacceptable co ...

Contact: Mark Brookes and Dee Wood, Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) Case note: Kenderjian v Lepore [2015] NSWCA 132 On 21 November 1999 Mr David Kendirjian, the applicant, was injured when a vehicle in which he ...

Contact: Mark Brookes and Tom Pepper; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) The recent case of Smart v AAI Ltd; JRK Realty Pty Ltd v AAI Ltd1 concerned two proceedings brought by Mr Nathan Smart (Smart) and JRK Realty ...

Contact: Bronwyn Clarkson and Johanna Kennerley; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) A fresh look at Australia’s environmental regulation Following the Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) decision in Dece ...

Contact: Matthew Payten; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) It is incumbent upon employers under both the common law and statute to reasonably minimise the risk of injury to employees in the performance of work. Cu ...