vicarious liability

‘Long-awaited breakthrough’: Lawyers welcome Victoria’s new vicarious liability laws

New Victorian laws will expand the definition of vicarious liability for child abuse, which will effectively overturn...

26 February 2026

By Carlos Tse

The rise of knife crime and the reasonable foreseeability of employers

Recent horrific attacks have raised questions about whether an employer can be liable for random acts of violence,...

23 January 2025

By Candice Heisler

‘Fundamentally flawed’: Greenpeace GC slams Australia’s ICJ submission in landmark climate case

Australia has “made submissions that completely undermined its Pacific neighbours” in the ongoing climate justice...

03 December 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Lawyers for abuse survivors ‘disappointed’ with High Court decision

In the wake of the High Court’s decision in Bird v DP, lawyers for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse have...

18 November 2024

By Naomi Neilson