• Court Confirms Notification Clause Was Not An Unfair Term - A notification clause requiring an insured to communicate ‘any changes’ to an insurer was upheld by the Full Court of the Federal Court as ‘not unfair’. The case has implications for insurance contracts as well as other standard form contracts.
• Recent TPD Decision: Byrnes-Reeves v QSuper [2025] QSSC 285 - The Supreme Court of Queensland has recently handed down a decision regarding a plaintiff’s entitlement to a total and permanent disability benefit and the application of a pre-existing condition clause. Whether he was absent from work ‘solely because of’ illness was also considered.