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Delusional Facebook posts hit for $875,000
14 October 2020 | Insurance & Health LawThe Federal Court of Australia has awarded damages of $875,000 (including aggravated damages) to a Member of the House of Representatives, her husband and a not-for-profit charity organisation she founded arising out of “delusional” and...
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Trustee de son tort – Director of corporate trustee caused trust funds to be distributed to himself
30 September 2020 | Insurance & Health LawThis case demonstrates the risks of not understanding what it means to have an interest in, or play a role in a trust. A director of a corporate trustee used money borrowed on security over the corporate trustee’s assets to acquire properties and...
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‘Trump -v- Twitter’ and implications related to commercial social media use in Australia
2 June 2020 | Insurance & Health LawAs the ‘Trump -v- Twitter’ saga unfolds, a spotlight has been shone on the legalities of social media and, in particular, the adequacy of current legislation in our constantly evolving digital world. Broadly speaking, the saga concerns certain...
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Insurance broker ordered to pay client’s copyright infringement settlement with Microsoft after failing to advise of potential risk
13 March 2020 | Insurance & Health LawOnline retailer PC Case Gear has been awarded damages from its former insurance broker, Instrat Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd. The Federal Court held that a reasonably competent insurance broker would have discerned a risk of copyright infringement from the...
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Ongoing focus on corruption risk in Victorian Local Government
24 October 2019 | Insurance & Health LawIn September 2019 Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) released a special report into local government procurement and corruption risk (Special Report).[1] The Special Report is notable given the wider context of...
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