A recent decision of the Queensland Supreme Court was interesting in the context of discussing the authorised use of substances which are later found to be damaging to the environment (or humans for that matter), something which has been fairly topical in respect of asbestos, engineered stone, amongst other things.
Under Queensland’s relatively new Property Law Act 2023, a lease of land is deemed to include the standard terms set out in Schedule 1 to the Act, subject to any provision in the agreement to the contrary or to any other act. The standard terms are essentially a condensed and abbreviated version of a number of common lease terms including
Samsung Electronics was recently [Jensen v Samsung Electronics Australia Pty Ltd [2025] QCAT 357] ordered to pay the cost of a smart watch which the Member considered was “effectively of no value” because the battery life had been accepted by the Member to range between 6.5 hours and 10.5 hours. At paragraph 33, the Member said “A reasonable consumer would
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