Vicarious liability

• Calls for law reform to fix two-tier system of justice for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse

  13th Nov 2024

  Lawyers representing survivors of institutional child sexual abuse are calling on governments across Australia to reform the law to ensure equal justice for all survivors of institutional abuse, following the High Court decision in Bird v DP (a pseudonym) [2024] HCA 41 handed down today.

• Justice for survivors of institutional child abuse: how the NSW vicarious liability amendments shape up

  21st Nov 2019

  Andrew Morrison RFD SC examines whether the reforms enacted by the Civil Liability Amendment (Organisational Child Abuse Liability) Act 2018 (NSW) will deliver the promised pathways for justice to survivors of child abuse in institutional settings.

• Bullied nurse wins $1.4m

  18th Oct 2017

  Faran Gouldson discusses the case of Robinson v State of Queensland [2017] QSC 165 in which the plaintiff was awarded $1.4 million in damages.

• Case summary: Bartlett v De Martin & Gasparini Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 1172

  Nickelle Morris of Travis Schultz & Partners summarises a case where the plaintiff is injured on a construction site and is successful in a negligence action against the company in charge of the construction site - and the labour hire company that employed him.