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Author Archives: Dr Will Higgs PhD, Barrister

About Dr Will Higgs PhD, Barrister

Barrister in Sydney, Australia

Over 155,000 cars with deadly Takata airbags still on the roads says ACCC

According to ACCC’s Product Safety Australia (31 July 2020 https://www.productsafety.gov.au/news/over-155000-cars-with-deadly-takata-airbags-still-on-the-roads) at least 155,000 vehicles containing potentially deadly Takata airbags are still on our roads and with less than six months before manufacturers are expected to complete their recall of these vehicles, the ACCC is urging consumers to check if their vehicles are affected and if […]

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Principles surrounding the construction of commercial contracts

The principles surrounding the construction of commercial contracts are well established. In Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640; [2014] HCA 7 at [35] the plurality (French CJ, Hayne, Crennan and Kiefel JJ) stated, “The meaning of the terms of a commercial contract is to be determined by what a reasonable businessperson would have understood […]

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Docassemble – what a find!

I must confess. I have been looking for a bit of kit like Docassemble for a couple of months now. Lets have a quick looks at what it is. What is Docassemble? docassemble is a free, open-source expert system for guided interviews and document assembly. It provides a web site that conducts interviews with users. Based […]

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Law for Biomedical Engineers – a snapshot of liability issues

Law for Biomedical Engineers – a snapshot of liability issues USYD 2020This is a presentation I delivered to the undergraduate biomedical engineers are Sydney University. The topic of the presentation is the ‘Law for Biomedical Engineers – a snapshot of liability issues’ and it summarises the scope of liability of biomedical engineers in practice.  

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