The Catholic church can’t be on the hook for sexual abuse by priests because the principle of vicarious liability is limited to the employment relationship, the High Court has found.
The High Court has granted special leave to a First Nations woman in her case for damages against Queensland stemming from alleged abuse in state care 60 years ago.
An appeals court has found that barrister’s fees are not excluded as a recoverable outlay under worker’s compensation regulations.
Two Australian companies have won their application for special leave to the High Court as they continue their fight to shut down a wrongful death case in the US brought by the families of 15 people killed in an aircraft crash near Lockhart River in northern Queensland in May 2005.