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Hartnett v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes (No 7)

Hartnett v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes (No 7) [2025] NSWSC 128

The court held the plaintiff had not proved serious physical abuse at a Catholic school, so the child-abuse limitation exemption did not apply and the claims failed.

  • Intentional torts
  • Child abuse
  • Personal injury
  • Limitation of actions
  • Negligence
  • Vicarious liability
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The Owners – Strata Plan No. 11097 v Griffiths

The Owners – Strata Plan No. 11097 v Griffiths [2025] NSWCATAP 6

The Appeal Panel refused leave to appeal against an interlocutory amendment order in a dividing-fence dispute, dismissing the appeal and ordering each party to bear its own costs.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Amendment of claim
  • Dividing fences
  • Interlocutory decisions
  • Costs in tribunal proceedings
  • Leave-to-appeal
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Tompkins v Fonseka

Tompkins v Fonseka [2024] NSWCATAP 262

The Appeal Panel dismissed a neighbour dispute appeal about a dividing fence, but amended the monetary order so the appellant must pay $790 within seven days.

  • Dividing fences
  • Appeal procedures
  • Procedural fairness
  • Dividing-fences
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Ncat-appeals
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State of New South Wales v White (a pseudonym)

State of New South Wales v White (a pseudonym) [2024] NSWSC 1600

The Court granted an interim supervision order under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act and made expert-examination and ancillary orders, after refining contested conditions.

  • High risk offender
  • Interim supervision order
  • Statutory requisites
  • Guardianship orders
  • Conditions of supervision
  • Sexual offences
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Barefoot Timber Pty Ltd v Wright

Barefoot Timber Pty Ltd v Wright [2024] NSWCATAP 252

The Appeal Panel allowed Barefoot Timber’s appeal after finding procedural fairness was denied when the Tribunal decided the matter under the ACL without notice.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Jurisdiction
  • Home building
  • Australian consumer law
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Australian-consumer-law
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Jiaqing Xu v Cao & Du Management Pty Ltd

Jiaqing Xu v Cao & Du Management Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 1474

The Court granted urgent interim property preservation orders, rejecting a non-specific $20,000 carve-out and deferring asset-disclosure orders until the return hearing.

  • Freezing orders
  • Property preservation orders
  • Interlocutory relief
  • Case management
  • Freezing-orders
  • Property-preservation-orders
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Lazarus v Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer

Lazarus v Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer [2024] NSWSC 1443

On consent, the Supreme Court quashed a workers compensation appeal panel decision for error in impairment assessment and remitted the matter for redetermination.

  • Judicial review
  • Workers compensation
  • Administrative error
  • Judicial-review
  • Workers-compensation
  • Administrative-error
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RC v The Salvation Army (Western Australia) Property Trust

RC v The Salvation Army (Western Australia) Property Trust [2024] HCA 43

The High Court allowed RC’s appeal, holding that a permanent stay of his historical child sexual abuse claim was not justified by delay and lost evidence.

  • Abuse of process
  • Permanent stay
  • Child sexual abuse
  • Limitation periods
  • Non-delegable duty
  • Vicarious liability
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