Compensation Lawyer News
MORE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION
Saturday October 3, 2009
MORE than 200 people could be eligible for compensation for wrongful detention in Australia, immigration figures show.Shaft Of Light For China's Coalminers
Saturday October 4, 2008
An ill miner hopes to change the rules on compensation. Elise Potaka reports from Beijing.Haneef Waiting To Sue: Lawyer
Sunday August 31, 2008
MOHAMED HANEEF won't be pursuing compensation until the Clarke Inquiry into his case is concluded, his lawyer said yesterday.Mccabe Leak Lawyer Sues For Defamation
Tuesday April 8, 2008
THE lawyer who leaked documents about the way legal firm Clayton Utz handled the Rolah McCabe tobacco case is suing the Law Institute of Victoria for defamation.
Christopher Dale, a former senior partner of the firm and a former president of the Law Institute, is demanding compensation over a letter written by Clayton Utz managing partner David Fagan. It was published in the Law Institute Journal last April.Rolah Mccabe Leak Lawyer Sues For Defamation
Tuesday April 8, 2008
THE lawyer who leaked documents about the way legal firm Clayton Utz handled the Rolah McCabe tobacco case is suing the Law Institute of Victoria for defamation.Lawyer To Look At Compo Claim
Tuesday March 4, 2008
AS one of their last decisions, Wollongong councillors have resolved to have an independent legal eye look over a former council employee's claim for workers' compensation over a sexual harassment case.Lawyer Urges Fund In Spirit Of Reconciliation
Saturday February 2, 2008
THE lawyer acting in Australia's first successful stolen generation case has called for a national compensation fund to save others being dragged through the courts.Cicuttos Settle Compensation Fight Over $8m Mansion
Monday October 8, 2007
FORMER National Australia Bank boss Frank Cicutto and his wife Christine have settled the long-running compensation battle over their $8 million Canterbury mansion.Legal Costs Leave Lawyer In Strife
Sunday September 2, 2007
The long, confusing saga of a lawyer who won a case for a young woman assaulted by police, then found himself owing almost $500,000 and facing a possible jail term, will draw near a close tomorrow.Clients Want Action On Tax-target Lawyer
Saturday April 7, 2007
INVESTORS are trying to beat the Australian Crime Commission to linking the celebrity lawyer Michael Brereton with secret offshore companies.Widows Recall Pain Of Deaths
Friday February 9, 2007
TWO Newcastle asbestos widows whose husbands are dead because of James Hardie products were blunt yesterday about the company's landmark $4 billion compensation fund for future victims.Lawyer Leaves Couple In The Lurch
Tuesday March 7, 2006
A LAWYER'S failure to file a visa application caused a San Remo woman to be classified as an illegal immigrant and her partner to lose his age pension.Solon Needs Compensation To Survive
Monday November 21, 2005
The wrongly deported Vivian Alvarez Solon will need any compensation she receives simply to survive, her chief legal spokesman insists, dismissing claims aired on her return to Australia that she would become a multimillionaire.Stroke Victim Wins Workcover Compensation
Wednesday September 28, 2005
A MELBOURNE man who suffered permanent impairment after a stroke on a work-related plane flight will get WorkCover compensation of $309,000.Compensation Claims Likely
Saturday September 17, 2005
THE Immigration Department may face compensation claims for hundreds of thousands of dollars after it admitted up to 300 international students may have been wrongfully held in detention and deported.Grounds For Compensation Many: Lawyer
Friday July 15, 2005
THE Palmer report laid the groundwork for a substantial compensation claim by Cornelia Rau - likely to be about $500,000 - by confirming the Immigration Department failed in its duty of care towards her, her lawyer said.Rau To Seek Compensation For Treatment
Thursday July 7, 2005
CORNELIA Rau will seek compensation from the Federal Government after a stinging draft report accused the Immigration Department of a massive failure in its handling of the mentally ill woman.Alvarez Solon May Sue, Says Lawyer
Monday May 23, 2005
LAWYERS for Vivian Alvarez Solon, the Australian citizen deported to the Philippines, have indicated they will advise her to seek compensation for pain, suffering and removal from her family despite her having said she would not seek compensation.Pain, Suffering, Separation: Lawyers Advise Alvarez To Seek Compensation
Monday May 23, 2005
Lawyers for Vivian Alvarez Solon, the Australian citizen deported to the Philippines, have indicated they will advise her to seek compensation for pain, suffering and removal from her family - despite her having said she would not seek compensation.Habib May Seek Compensation
Wednesday February 9, 2005
The lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib will lodge a complaint to the ombudsman and possibly seek compensation, claiming the police informed the media of his client's address.
