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P.I. Case Note

by Michelle Wright

Welcome to P.I. Case Note. A podcast to help you navigate the complex, in-depth and, hopefully, interesting world of personal injury law. I’m Michelle Wright, a lawyer from Brisbane, and each week I will deliver direct to your ears a brief summary of the latest judgments from Queensland Courts in the areas of public liability, motor vehicle accidents, workers’ compensation and medical negligence. Enjoy. Any questions, feedback or enquiries, contact me at [email protected] or on 1800 890 170.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 73: Gender Discrimination in Personal Injury Legislation in Queensland

    In honour of International Women's Day, here is my presentation from the 2026 Queensland Australian Lawyers' Alliance Conference, exploring some quite shocking indirect and direct discrimination against women that appears in our current legislation.

  2. Episode 72: Singleton v Direct Personnel Services Pty Ltd & Anor (No. 2)

    [2025] QSC 302; rr 681, 687, 702 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld); s.316 Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); costs orders; PIPA defendant to pay costs as against employer defendant; costs on district court scale; costs of multiple counsel.

  3. Episode 71: Wang v Juicy Love Pty Ltd as Trustee trading as Wicked Campers

    [2025] ICQ 025; ss. 232A - 232F Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); application for reinstatement of employment.

  4. Episode 70: Wallace v Caesarstone Australia Pty Ltd (No 2)

    [2025] QSC 250; r 681, 702 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld); breach of court orders and UCPR; indemnity costs order.

  5. Episode 69: Champan v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 307; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); scope of appeal before QIRC.

  6. Episode 68: Purse v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 299; s.32(5) Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); psychiatric injury; multiple stressors; bullying; reasonable management action; Jones v Dunkel.

  7. Episode 67: Warren v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 298; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); accepted injuries; causation; competing expert medical opinions

  8. Episode 66: Byrnes-Reeves v QSuper

    [2025] QSC 285; Total Permanent Disability; TPD; court review of insurer decision.

  9. Episode 65: Wilton v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 279; s.32(5) Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); psychiatric injury; reasonable management action taken in a reasonable way; refusal to perform employment duties; disciplinary process.

  10. Episode 64: Talay v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 273; r.230 Industrial Relations (Tribunal) Rules 2011 (Qld); lapsed proceedings due to inaction; application to re-instate proceedings; what constitutes an "action" in proceedings.

  11. Episode 63: Singleton v Direct Personnel Services Pty Ltd & Anor

    [2025] QSC 259; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); common law; host-employer liability; evidence of alternative system of work; credibility.

  12. Episode 62: Ringelstein v Metro North Hospital and Health Service

    [2025] QCA 188; s.31 Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld); medical negligence; reasonable person in the position of the applicant; objective versus subjective test; appeal of discretionary decision; House v The King.

  13. Episode 61: Powell v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 310; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); Notice of Non-Party Disclosure.

  14. Episode 60: Cheng v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 267; s.552B Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); leave to be legally represented.

  15. Episode 59: Mastrangeli v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 263; s. 456, 541 Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld); issue estoppel; res judicata; double jeopardy; dismissal of proceedings where act or omission previously dealt with; overlap of legislative regimes; workers compensation; anti-discrimination.

  16. Episode 58: DRP v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 259; R. 64B-64G Industrial Relations (Tribunal) Rules 2011 (Qld); Notice of Non-Party Disclosure; service; objections; directly relevant; particularity; confidentiality; affidavit evidence re non-disclosure.

  17. Episode 57: Alley v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 261; s.11, sch 2 Pt 1 s3-5, Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); worker; independent contractor; labour hire agreement.

  18. Episode 56: Sawtell v State of Queensland

    [2025] QDC 134; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); r.171 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld); unassessed secondary or consequential injuries; application to strike out statement of claim.

  19. Episode 55: Kelly v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 258; r.45 Industrial Relations (Tribunal) Rules 2011 Qld; dismissal of proceedings for failure to comply with directions; purpose of rules.

  20. Episode 54: Wang v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] ICQ 20; s.131, 561 Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); time to bring statutory claim for compensation; application to adduce further evidence on appeal; correct application of Church v WCR; raise new arguments before the Commission; review of insurer decision in...

  21. Episode 53: Thomas v State of Queensland

    [2025] QSC 242; r.250 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld); application for inspection

  22. Episode 52: Erez v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 246; s552B Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); legal representation; appeal.

  23. Episode 51: Collins v Metro North Hospital and Health Service

    [2025] QSC 225; r. 171, 667, 668 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld); strike out of pleadings; reasonable cause of action; set aside previous orders on the basis of new facts discovered and fraud.

  24. Episode 50: Wallace v Caesarstone Australia Pty Ltd

    [2025] QSC 219; Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld); engineered stone case; request for trial date; delay in expert evidence.

  25. Episode 49: Bennedick v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 240; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); causation; medical science; conjecture versus inference

  26. Episode 48: Martin v Toowoomba Regional Council

    [2025] QSC 197; r. 426, 427, 429I Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld); expert evidence; delay; overriding requirement for a fair trial.

  27. Episode 47: Hoyes v Wellways Australia Limited

    [2025] QDC 125; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); psychiatric injury; youth and disability support worker; breach of duty of care; reasonable precautions; causation of injury.

  28. Episode 46: Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Ltd v Carey-Schofield; Civeo Pty Ltd v Carey-Schofield

    [2025] QCA 161; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); host employer; procedural fairness; factual findings; risk of harm; costs against alternative defendant for proceedings against employer defendant.

  29. Episode 45: Haberman v Cook Shire Council

    [2025] QSC 214; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); psychiatric injury; scope of duty; breach of duty; foreseeability; causation.

  30. Episode 44: State of Queensland (Office of the Governor) v Workers' Compensation Regulator & Anor

    [2025] QIRC 210; Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld); Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); application to re-open proceedings after conclusion of trial; exercise of discretionary power; interests of justice.

  31. Episode 43: State of NSW v T2 (by his tutor T1)

    [2025] NSWCA 165; Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW); scope of duty; breach of duty; master/pupil relationship.

  32. Episode 42: Ryan v Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service

    [2015] QSC 181; s.31 Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld); s.59(2)(b) Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld); r.376(4) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld); model litigant; extension of limitation period; material fact of decisive character; compliance; amendment of pleadings; medical...

  33. Episode 41: Adcock v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] ICQ 14; section 561 Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); regulation 132 Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2014 (Qld); costs of appeal to QIRC; reasons for decision.

  34. Episode 40: Lee v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 199; s.32(5) Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1999 (Qld); reasonable management action, psychiatric injury; alternative causes of action; tendering of evidence; racism.

  35. Episode 39: Kerr v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 190; s.32(5) Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003; reasonable management action; psychiatric injury; self-represented; credibility of witnesses.

  36. Episode 38: Young v State of Queensland

    [2025] QDC 100; Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld); r.171; stike out pleadings; proper defendant; identity of employer; state government.

  37. Episode 37: Recycling Developments Pty Ltd v Bespoke Recycling Industries Pty Ltd

    [2025] QSC 168; Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 199 (Qld); privilege against self-incrimination; degree of risk; dispensation of rules with respect to pleadings.

  38. Episode 36: Queensland Alumina Limited v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 182; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); s.32; significant contributing factor; causation; rules of evidence before QIRC; hearsay.

  39. Episode 35: State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service) v Workers' Compensation Regulator & Anor

    [2025] QIRC 203; Industrial Relations (Tribunal) Rules 2011 (Qld); r.41(2)(o) and 46(1); Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld); r.211; disclosure; model litigant principles.

  40. Episode 34: Guandalini v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 171; No 2 [2025] QIRC 19; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); s 32; psychiatric injury; causation; out of or in the course of employment.

  41. Episode 33: Rose v Anglo Coal (Dawson Management) Pty Ltd

    [2025] QSC 160; ss30, 31 Limitation of Actions Act 1974; material fact; decision character; identity of defendant; reasonable enquiry; corporate structure; workers' compensation.

  42. Episode 32: O'Toole v BlueCare ATF the Uniting Church in Aust. Property Trust (Q)

    [2025] QDC 93; ss.30, 31 Limitation of Actions Act 1974; material fact; decisive character; workers' compensation; medical opinion of incapacity for work.

  43. Episode 31: Keystone Asset Management Limited (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (in liquidation) v Filippini

    [2025] FCA 604; right against self-incrimination; prejudice; criminal proceedings; stay of proceedings; dispensation in pleadings.

  44. Episode 30: Cootharinga North Queensland v Wolfs

    [2025] QCA 106; Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); pleadings; risk of harm; strike out application

  45. Episode 29: Workers' Compensation Regulator v Langridge

    [2025] ICQ 8; ss.132A, 179 Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); interpretation of legislation; power of insurer; referral for assessment of DPI; 2013 amendments; Newman government.

  46. Episode 28: Lundbergs v Fu & Anor

    [2025] QSC 135; Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld); scope of duty; reasonable foreseeability; secondary victim; minor accident

  47. Episode 27: Allen v Brother International (Aust) Pty Ltd

    [2025] QSC 129; s.292(2) Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 Qld; written final offers; simultaneous exchange of offers; referential acceptance; binding settlement.

  48. Episode 26: MacDonald v Workers' Compensation Regulator

    [2025] QIRC 149; s.132A Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); causation; contemporaneous records; expert evidence.

  49. Episode 25: Murphy v Madill

    [2025] QSC 103; Motor Accident Insurance Act (1994) Qld; s.55 Civil Liability Act (2003) Qld; pre-existing injuries; contemporaneous records; causation; economic loss.

  50. Episode 24: Stewart v Metro North Hospital and Health Service

    [2025] HCA 34; Guiding principle of tort law; reasonableness test

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to P.I. Case Note. A podcast to help you navigate the complex, in-depth and, hopefully, interesting world of personal injury law. I’m Michelle Wright, a lawyer from Brisbane, and each week I will deliver direct to your ears a brief summary of the latest judgments from Queensland Courts in the areas of public liability, motor vehicle accidents, workers’ compensation and medical negligence. Enjoy. Any questions, feedback or enquiries, contact me at [email protected] or on 1800 890 170.

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