Carter Capner Law Podcast

The presence of metal cupboard handles beneath a collating desk created an obvious risk of knee injury which his employer ought to have removed, according to 36 yr old call-centre worker Ian Larkin.

A Court has ruled that a worker’s severe reading and comprehension disabilities sufficiently explained his 4 year delay in seeking legal advice about the consequences of a negligently caused on-the-job lifting injury.

The Supreme Court has refused a labourer damages for back injuries resulting from a stairwell bump that sent him tumbling down as many as 20 steps during a crowded end-of-project spit roast attended by 250 co-workers.

An importer who paid for goods ordered on-line from a factory in China by EFT to the bank account of a hoaxer impersonating the seller, has been ordered to pay the full price of the goods.

Routine job interviews have been lined with booby traps to kill off the chances of workers desperate to re-gain a job. And many applicants should now arrange their own medical clearance prior to even applying.

An agent who assured his buyer he would personally create a third car space for her use in Brisbane’s luxurious Riparian Plaza, has been ordered to pay compensation representing the value of the car park he ultimately could not deliver.

A body corporate in a 22 story multi-use building has secured a Supreme Court declaration that the builder is liable to it for “latent defects in the common property” it constructed 15 years earlier.

David and Judith Tynan contracted to sell their 29 Lawrence St, St Lucia home in October 2010 for $7 million with settlement to be effected 12 months later secured by personal guarantees from the directors of the corporate buyer, Philip and Anna-Maria Sciacca.

Motel operators who had an “overly optimistic view” of their capacity to meet loan repayments and of Suncorp’s willingness to forgive , have resisted the bank’s recovery action with allegations of unconscionable conduct in refusing to capitalise arrears during default periods throughout a 10 year loan term.

The apparent unfamiliarity of a Sydney solicitor with Queensland conveyancing practice and a want of assertion by his local counterpart, have featured in a seller’s lawsuit to recover the re-sale loss on the September 2011 sale of a 2.68 ha rural property outside Toowoomba.

Policies & procedures and examples set by superiors, were central to a $1.4 million injury claim by a 28-year-old fabrication foreman injured in a brawl that boiled over onto the footpath outside a Broadbeach nightclub.

A Sarina slaughterman who avoided the use of a protective steel mesh glove because it slowed his work rate, has secured substantial damages as a result of a kill floor accident in August 2010.

A photographer for The Age newspaper assigned to shoot an anniversary pictorial of Australian victims of the October 2012 Bali bombings, suffered post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression in response to the “heart-wrenching” interviews in which she participated.

The tragedy occurred at picturesque Chinderah, about 1 km south of the Barney’s Point Bridge as the Tweed bends gently northwards for its last long sweep before emptying through its mouth, the Heads that bear its name.

The use of razor sharp off-cuts as a workaround to protect electrical insulation during the construction of a Palm Beach condo development, was a reasonable building technique for which an electrical contractor employer bore no responsibility for the injury to a 28-year-old apprentice.