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Articles, Case Alerts

No novel duty owed: Full Federal Court upholds Minister’s appeal in Sharma

The Full Federal Court has unanimously overturned the landmark Sharma decision, which found the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment owed a duty of care to Australian children to avoid risk of personal injury when considering whether to approve a coalmine expansion. While this appeal concerned one Minister’s specific exercise of power under Commonwealth legislation – […]

By : Anja Vogel Mar 22, 2022 Comments Off

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New partner for W+K’s Cyber, Privacy and Data Security team

W+K’s Cyber, Privacy and Data Security team has further bolstered its market-leading reputation with the promotion of Wellington-based Joseph Fitzgerald to partner. Joseph, who has worked in both New Zealand and the UK, advises large sporting, health, education and infrastructure bodies, as well as SME and non-profit entities on cyber and data security risks. He […]

By : Anja Vogel Feb 22, 2022 Comments Off

Articles, Thought Leadership

General Liability Trends Update: Towards 2022

2021 presented the general insurance industry with many uncertainties. Our 2020 GL Trends Report provided foresight into several trends that have impacted, and continue to impact, the general liability market in Australia and New Zealand, including historical abuse claims across different sectors, concussion and its impact on sport, as well as COVID-19 risks as it […]

By : Anja Vogel Dec 9, 2021 Comments Off

Articles

COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order – Health and disability & Education sectors

From 26 October 2021, the COVID-19 Public Health (Vaccination) Order was extended to include workers in the health and disability and education sectors. The lack of time between the announcement, its publication and the requirement to have at least a first dose of vaccination – as well as confusion over who is affected and who […]

By : Anja Vogel Nov 9, 2021 Comments Off

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General Liability Institutional Abuse Video Series 2021

https://vimeo.com/592583584/1bed767fa3 WelcomeJacqueline Grace Wotton Kearney has handled over 1000 historical abuse claims as either defence or coverage counsel, and with 45 lawyers now practising in this area across our four Australian offices, this is a category of claims in which we have developed considerable experience and expertise. Our video series is intended to provide a [...]

By : Anja Vogel Oct 26, 2021 Comments Off

Articles

School successfully defends football head knock case

Mattock v State of New South Wales (New South Wales Department of Education) (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1045 On 19 August 2021, the NSW Supreme Court dismissed a personal injury claim against a school, which followed the plaintiff’s ‘head knock’ collision with another student during a PE class. The decision was significant for insurers as it […]

By : Anja Vogel Sep 2, 2021 Comments Off

Articles, Case Alerts

Coverage for historic sexual abuse in school case raises problems for insurers

In BB v Helena College [2021] WADC 42, the Western Australia District Court found that three different policies of insurance, held by an insured school, responded to historic acts of intentional sexual abuse by a school teacher. In this article, W+K’s Sean O’Connor and Patrick Thompson provide an in-depth analysis of the coverage issues addressed […]

By : Anja Vogel Jun 4, 2021 Comments Off

Articles, Video

Emerging Talent Series 2020/2021

The insurance sector attracts and retains young professionals who are hungry for relevant, regular learning and education opportunities. To help further their careers, W+K has put together a multi-part Emerging Talent Series addressing both Property & Energy and General Liability claims issues.

By : Anja Vogel May 24, 2021 Comments Off

Articles, Case Alerts

NSW Child Abuse Bill opens door to revisit settled claims

Yesterday, the Civil Liability Amendment (Child Abuse) Bill 2021 was introduced in NSW. The Bill has two objectives: to enable courts to set aside certain agreements that settled claims for child abuse where it is just and reasonable to do so, and to ensure that Part 2A of the Act does not restrict awards of […]

By : Anja Vogel Mar 18, 2021 Comments Off

Articles

International Women’s Day 2021

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, we joined with our Legalign Global partner firms, Alexander Holburn, BLD Bach Langheid Dallmayr, DAC Beachcroft, and Wilson Elser, to create a series of daily videos highlighting leading women across our network and their achievements. You may have seen the videos on LinkedIn which includes our Legalign firm leaders introducing the […]

By : Anja Vogel Mar 15, 2021 Comments Off

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