JVU25 v Operator, National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse [2026] FCA 145. (Link to JADE).
This matter may do no more than foreshadow an issue which may return to the Court at a later date.
The applicant
Former South Australian paramedic reprimanded over answers to registration renewal application
By M. Eburn
In Paramedicine Board of Australia v Jackson [2025] SACAT 103, the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal had to rule on complaints, lodged by the Paramedicine Board, alleging that Mr Jackson ‘had behaved in a way that constituted professional misconduct’. It…
Forfeiture Revisited: South Australia’s Statutory Framework
Forfeiture Revisited: South Australia’s Statutory Framework
Practitioners in succession and estate litigation have missed a quiet but significant reform. The Forfeiture Act 2024 (SA) started on 15 January 2025. The Act was enacted after the recommendations of the South Australian…
Medical: Fasciotomy procedure & application of the standard of care for professionals (South Australia).
By Bill Madden
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).
By Bill Madden
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
By Allens
Pilot tender round and draft CISA launched
8 min read
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
By Allens
Pilot tender round and draft full form CISA launched
9 min read
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…