Boy, 8, drowns in Sydney backyard pool
An eight-year-old boy has drowned in a backyard pool on Sydney’s north shore, after going missing for about an hour.
An agent’s duty of care
A real estate agent was recently found liable for the injury of a tenant at a rental property and ordered to pay more than $800,000 in damages.
Toddler plunges 13 metres from Sydney unit block
A two-year-old boy is in intensive care in hospital after falling about 13 metres from a unit block window and landing on concrete in Sydney’s north-west.
Property Management – PI Insurance
Professional indemnity (PI) insurance is a must in Australia’s increasingly litigious society. But how many industry professionals really know how their policy works? One Queensland-based principal discovered, to their cost, that they didn’t.
Lucky escape: 10 hurt in balcony collapse at family dinner
A family was lucky not to have suffered more serious injuries when the balcony they were eating dinner on gave way and they plunged up to six metres onto concrete on Sydney’s lower north shore, their rescuers say.
Isabella’s death sparks rental recommendation
The death of a baby, who fell from her father’s arms when his foot went through a rotten verandah, has prompted a coroner to recommend an overhaul of the rental industry.