TOON v CENTRAL ADELAIDE LOCAL HEALTH NETWORK [2025] SADC 98 (Link to AUSTLII).
With thanks to Tina Cockburn for drawing attention to this August 2025 South Australian decision.
The applicant claimed that medical staff at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Intention, Language, and the Armchair Principle
In South Australia, as in other Australian jurisdictions, courts apply the “armchair principle” when interpreting a Will, placing the Court in the armchair of the Will maker, enabling it to analyse the document in light of the Will maker’s personal
Abuse: Damages assessment (Sth Australia).
B P v K R & ANOR [2025] SASC 58 (Link to AUSTLII).
Default judgments had been entered in this matter, where the plaintiff alleged abuse (battery) by the first respondent when she was a child and when she
Disposal of a Body: Burial v Cremation
In Phillips v The State Coroner & Anor [2024] SASC 134, the applicant is the mother of the deceased Scot Adam Phillips, whose body is currently in the coroner’s custody. The second respondent is the deceased’s twin sister. The matter
New South Australian Succession Act effective from January first 2025
In South Australia, the Succession Act 2023 (SA) was approved by both houses of Parliament late last year, but the commencement date was unclear until recently- the new Act will be effective from 1 January 2025.
This new Act consolidates
Bidding into the Capacity Investment Scheme
Pilot tender round and draft CISA launched
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The first standalone Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender round, open to clean dispatchable capacity projects in Victoria and South Australia, is now well underway.
Stage A ‘Project bids’ were submitted
Capacity Investment Scheme now open
Pilot tender round and draft full form CISA launched
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The first standalone Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender round is now well underway, with Stage A ‘Project bids’ submitted in February. Only clean dispatchable capacity projects in Victoria
Capacity Investment Scheme – what you need to know
Better project support vs easier eligibility requirements
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Registrations for the first Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender round in South Australia and Victoria are now open.
Under the CIS regime, successful projects will be offered long-term revenue agreements
23 Year-Old Woman Found Dead After Going Overboard From the Pacific Explorer
A young woman went overboard from the Pacific Explorer cruise ship and was found dead in the water approximately seven and one-half hours later. She is the 374 person who has gone overboard from a cruise ship or ferry in
Tesseract v Pascale
Principles established by Tesseract likely to apply more broadly
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Whether proportionate liability regimes found in State and Commonwealth legislation can apply in arbitration has long been a vexed issue. These regimes operate to reduce the liability of