Darren Sekac Articles

Many general insurance policies for business interruption will have an exclusion for claims caused by a pandemic, however, do not assume that any business interruption policy you have contains that exclusion or even if it does, you may still have a valid claim.

Self Managed Super Funds, Binding Death Benefit Nominations, Enduring Powers of Attorney and your Will.

In a recent Supreme Court decision, a tape-recorded message has been found to be a valid Will.

Earlier this month, in the Cairns District Court, an employer and plant owner/supplier received heavy fines and convictions for failing to ensure the health and safety of its workers.

Do you have a properly drafted Will? In a recent District Court case, Floyd v Floyd & ORS, Judge Andrews had to interpret a number of ambiguous clauses in a DIY Will Kit which had been completed by the deceased.

The Department of Transport and Main Roads have now resumed the land by publishing the relevant Taking of Land Notice in the Queensland Government Gazette on 12 August 2016 with respect to the Mackay Ring Road. Notices of Intention to Resume land required for the Mackay Ring Road were issued to owners in September 2015.…

Prior to 1 July 2016, if a person suffered a serious personal injury in a motor vehicle accident and they were the at fault driver, they faced the prospect of receiving no compensation at all. With the introduction of the National Injury Insurance Scheme, at fault drivers who suffer a serious personal injury will at…

Justice McMurdo in the Supreme Court of Queensland has given an interesting decision relating to Trust Law in the matter of the Arthur Brady Family Trust and Trekmore Trading Trust.