Specialty Group: Insurance Law

By: Rebecca Stevens, Partner and Brett Sherwin, Solicitor McKenzie v Day (No 2) [2016] NSWDC 236 It is recognised as a cornerstone legal principle that an owner and/or occupier of a property owes a duty of care to ...

Parties who successfully defend claims by impecunious plaintiffs are often placed in the unfortunate position of being unable to recovery the amount of any cost awards made in their favour. The Uniform Civil Procedure R ...

By: Mark Brookes, Partner and Tom Pepper, Solicitor The High Court has recently considered the nature and scope of the duty of care a solicitor owes an intended beneficiary when drafting a client’s will. This cas ...

By: Mark Brookes, Partner and Dee Wood, Senior Associate As the gap widens between the amount of costs clients pay their solicitors and the amount they can recover on a standard basis in matters litigated in t ...