Michelle Wright

P.I. Case Note

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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 Michelle. Wright@accidentlegal.com.au or on 1800 890 170.

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Episodes

Episode 48: Martin v Toowoomba Regional Council 05.01.2026 5:25

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

Episode 47: Hoyes v Wellways Australia Limited 04.01.2026 9:09

[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.

Episode 46: Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Ltd v Carey-Schofield; Civeo Pty Ltd v Carey-Schofield 03.01.2026 17:14

[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.

Episode 45: Haberman v Cook Shire Council 02.01.2026 13:38

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

Episode 44: State of Queensland (Office of the Governor) v Workers' Compensation Regulator & Anor 01.01.2026 8:05

[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.

Episode 43: State of NSW v T2 (by his tutor T1) 31.12.2025 13:42

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

Episode 42: Ryan v Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service 19.11.2025 8:56

[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 negligence; leave of the court; costs in the cause.

Episode 41: Adcock v Workers' Compensation Regulator 18.11.2025 6:14

[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.

Episode 40: Lee v Workers' Compensation Regulator 17.11.2025 13:25

[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.

Episode 39: Kerr v Workers' Compensation Regulator 16.11.2025 5:49

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

Episode 38: Young v State of Queensland 06.11.2025 6:31

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

Episode 37: Recycling Developments Pty Ltd v Bespoke Recycling Industries Pty Ltd 05.11.2025 5:43

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

Episode 36: Queensland Alumina Limited v Workers' Compensation Regulator 04.11.2025 6:44

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

Episode 35: State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service) v Workers' Compensation Regulator & Anor 03.11.2025 6:52

[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.

Episode 34: Guandalini v Workers' Compensation Regulator 02.11.2025 10:02

[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.

Episode 33: Rose v Anglo Coal (Dawson Management) Pty Ltd 17.09.2025 7:24

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

Episode 32: O'Toole v BlueCare ATF the Uniting Church in Aust. Property Trust (Q) 16.09.2025 6:17

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

Episode 31: Keystone Asset Management Limited (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (in liquidation) v Filippini 15.09.2025 5:15

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

Episode 30: Cootharinga North Queensland v Wolfs 14.09.2025 8:15

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

Episode 29: Workers' Compensation Regulator v Langridge 12.09.2025 8:57

[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.

Episode 28: Lundbergs v Fu & Anor 11.09.2025 9:50

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

Episode 27: Allen v Brother International (Aust) Pty Ltd 09.09.2025 7:41

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

Episode 26: MacDonald v Workers' Compensation Regulator 07.09.2025 7:03

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

Episode 25: Murphy v Madill 06.09.2025 9:10

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

Episode 24: Stewart v Metro North Hospital and Health Service 06.09.2025 10:06

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