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Category: Personal Injury
Court says trip on concrete footpath an 'obvious risk' - council not liable for injury compensation
The NSW court of appeal agreed with the primary judge who decided that the local council was not legally responsible for the Plaintiff sustaining significant injury when she tripped on a 23 mm ‘raised lip’ on a concrete footpath.
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Court determines convicted sexual assault perpetrator not liable to pay to compensation to victim
In a significant decision in November 2024, the NSW Supreme Court has said that it is not a given that a perpetrator criminally convicted of sexual offences will automatically be liable to pay the abuse victim common law damages.
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