Re AC [2026] NSWSC 236 (Link to Caselaw).
The plaintiff hospital, H, sought orders in the parens patriae jurisdiction of the Court to authorise medical practitioners to administer blood, or blood products and similar therapies to the first defendant, AC, a minor who had recently turned…
Mansour v The Trustees for the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Parramatta [2026] NSWSC 186 (Link to Caselaw).
The defendant having provided certain unredacted documents, the plaintiff sought orders enabling the solicitors for the plaintiff to contact…
In The Estate of Shoushani; Shoushani v Tadros [2025] NSWSC 1335, the Court illustrated its readiness to intervene when estate administrators misuse their position. It steps in to correct the misapplication of estate funds. Slattery J of the Supreme Court…
St Paul’s College Ltd v Allan [2026] NSWCA 22 (Link to Caselaw).
With thanks to Richard Royle for drawing attention to this decision. The summary below is copied from the headnotes on the Caselaw website, but perhaps the main…
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Today’s question comes from a Queensland paramedic and demonstrates some of the difficulties in getting the language right around drugs. They say:
I’m a QAS paramedic that’s recently started working at a Urgent Care Centre (private but Medicare funded) as…
Reimers v Health Care Complaints Commission [2026] NSWCATOD 19 (Link to Caselaw).
By application filed on 24 July 2025 Gerrit Reimers (the Applicant) sought orders against the Health Care Complaints Commission in relation to a decision of the Medical Tribunal of…
Today’s correspondent has a background in work health and safety and is concerned about the use of non-rated or designed equipment in rescues. They say:
I have asked multiple times the legality of how we can teach this but keep…
The NSW Parliament has narrowly passed the Work Health and Safety Amendment (Digital Work Systems) Bill 2025, introducing the most significant update to the State’s WHS framework in more than a decade. The reforms, an Australian first, respond to the…
Davey v Want [2026] NSWCA 12 (Link to Caselaw).
Copied below is the court headnote.
Headnote
The appellant appealed against the primary judge’s dismissal of her claim that the respondent sexually abused her on two occasions in the early 1970s, when she was aged…
