Specialty Group: Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

‘Slander’ and ‘Libel’ are said to occur when someone makes a false statement about you and which potentially damages your reputation. Let us first understand the difference between ‘Libel’ and ‘Slander’. ...

Authors: Simon Morris, Christina Athanasopoulos, Thomas Riddell Piper Alderman Partner Simon Morris, Associate Thomas Riddell and Law Clerk Christina Athanasopoulos have contributed the Australian chapter of The Law ...

Authors: McKenzie Moore, Tim Maybury   Piper Alderman recently made multiple applications across Australia in the Supreme Courts of Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia to facilitate depo ...

Introduction  The Supreme Court of Queensland has awarded damages to a former high school student who claimed to have been the subject of sexual abuse by his teacher while he was 13 and 14 years of age.   The Court ...