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2025 Year in Review: Criminal Law Queensland
Date: 6 January 2026 The criminal law landscape in Queensland during 2025 was shaped by continued appellate attention to sentencing discretion, moral culpability, mental impairment, youth justice, and the proper recording of convictions. A consistent theme emerging from the Court of Appeal was the need for sentencing courts to undertake careful, offence-specific analysis, supported by adequate reasons, while balancing denunciation, rehabilitation, and community protection. R v Johnston [2025] QCA 112 Manslaughter by dangerous driving and moral culpability The Queensland Court of Appeal dismissed an application for leave to appeal against sentence, providing important guidance on the seriousness of manslaughter offences...
2025 Year in Review: Key Developments in Queensland Personal Injury Law
Date: 30 December 2025 2025 marked a transformative year for personal injury law in Queensland. Several landmark decisions clarified important principles across future-care damages, employer liability for psychiatric injury, foreseeability for secondary victims, and the definition of a “worker” under compensation legislation. The most influential judgments were Stewart v Metro North Hospital and Health Service (HCA) and Habermann v Cook Shire Council (QSC) — each reshaping the legal landscape in distinct ways. Additional guidance emerged from Lundburgs v Fu and Foord v Workers’ Compensation Regulator, addressing psychiatric foreseeability and worker classification in informal work arrangements. Stewart v Metro North Hospital...
TPD 理賠終極指南:你需要知道的一切
什麼是 TPD 理賠?TPD(全殘保險)理賠是在你因疾病或受傷無法工作時,提供一次性賠償金的申請。它通常包含在你的退休金中,但經常被忽視與低估。然而在你最需要的時候,可能成為關鍵的財務支援。你會在以下情況下符合申請資格:你已無法工作至少三個月、幾乎沒有或完全沒有重返工作的可能性,並且你的保單所定義的「完全且永久性殘疾」條件已被滿足。為什麼 TPD 理賠會失敗,以及如何避免。大約 60% 的 TPD 理賠會被放棄或遭拒...
Nalin的無形戰爭
Nalin一直熱愛廚房的節奏— 熱鍋的滋滋聲、刀具與砧板碰撞的清脆聲,以及將一道道菜肴送到渴望的顧客手中時的那份沖勁。作為Fraser Island的一名廚師,他為自己的手藝感到驕傲。但有一天,在一次繁忙的工作班次中,一切都改變了。 那是2021年3月27日,事故發生的那一天。一個失足,一陣突如其來的劇痛— Nalin的左膝瞬間崩塌。他立刻意識到出了問題。疼痛鋭利且不斷。他向雇主報告了...
昆士蘭州的醫療評估法庭(MAT):你需要知道的事
如果你在昆士蘭州申請了工傷賠償 ,你可能會被要求接受 醫療評估法庭(MAT)。醫療評估法庭的作用是判定你的傷勢程度,並決定你是否有資格獲得賠償。 這篇文章提供全面性的指南幫助你了解醫療評估法庭(MAT),包括它的定義、運作方式,以及如果你被要求參加評估時,應該要有的準備和期待。 什麼是醫療評估法庭(MAT)? 這個醫療評估法庭(MAT)是獨立機構...
職場受傷索賠的基本知識:了解你的權利與申請流程
無論是在辦公室還是工地,工作時受傷的情況都有可能發生,影響到員工的身體健康和經濟狀況。因此,了解職場受傷索賠的基本概念,能幫助受傷的員工獲得應有的補償和幫助。這篇文章將介紹什麼算是職場受傷、如何申請索賠,以及可以獲得哪些補助。 什麼算是職場受傷...

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