<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Maurice Blackburn in the news</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au</link><generator>umbraco</generator><description>Maurice Blackburn in the news</description><language>en</language><item><title>Maintenance history 'lacking' - engineer</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/maintenance-history-lacking-engineer.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/maintenance-history-lacking-engineer.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A former SP AusNet engineer says that in the lead-up to Black Saturday the company did not keep records about power poles and lines he considered ''imperative'' to deciding how maintenance should be performed.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leighton facing write-downs class action</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/leighton-facing-write-downs-class-action.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/leighton-facing-write-downs-class-action.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A class action lawsuit relating to more than $1 billion in profit write-downs will be added to the list of shareholder concerns when the Leighton Holdings board faces the company's annual meeting on Monday.   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A birthday boy behind bars awaits his fate as legal bid aims for release</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/a-birthday-boy-behind-bars-awaits-his-fate-as-legal-bid-aims-for-release.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/a-birthday-boy-behind-bars-awaits-his-fate-as-legal-bid-aims-for-release.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Like many a six-year-old, all Ragavan wants for his birthday today is to glue himself to a Nintendo computer game that a friend sent him the game console as a special gift, but guards at the immigration detention centre where he has lived for 18 months refuse to let him have the toy.

]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Horror stories force medical board shake up</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/horror-stories-force-medical-board-shake-up.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/horror-stories-force-medical-board-shake-up.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ With six doctors currently under police investigation in Queensland, the State's Health Minister wants changes to how medical disputes are handled, including making doctor's disciplinary records publicly available.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Drunk-driver spent five years in jail but TAC still hasn't paid compensation</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/drunk-driver-spent-five-years-in-jail-but-tac-still-hasnt-paid-compensation.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/drunk-driver-spent-five-years-in-jail-but-tac-still-hasnt-paid-compensation.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A WOMAN who lost her mum and aunt and who was seriously hurt when a drunken hoon ran them down is still fighting for compensation seven years later. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AFL multicultural envoy</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/afl-multicultural-envoy.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/afl-multicultural-envoy.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ DANDENONG lawyer Azmeena Hussain is an AFL multicultural community ambassador this season.
Her tireless community work helping the disadvantaged and those from non-English speaking backgrounds throughout Greater Dandenong, Casey, Cardinia and Monash earned her the spot.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Abandoned in the UAE - part 1</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/abandoned-in-the-uae-part-1.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/abandoned-in-the-uae-part-1.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Dubai is being promoted as a luxury high-class paradise in the desert, but the reality is brutally different, as Australian Alicia Gali discovered. Gali took a job in the UAE with one of the world’s biggest hotel chains, Starwood. What happened next makes this story a must-watch for every Australian planning on travelling through the region.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Flood victims in insurance wait</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/flood-victims-in-insurance-wait.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/flood-victims-in-insurance-wait.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A number of residents affected by devastating floods across southeast Australia last March are still waiting for their insurance payouts.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>When realities truly hit home</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/when-realities-truly-hit-home.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/when-realities-truly-hit-home.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Maurtice Blackburn Principal and regular collumist, Rachel Schutze, talks about the eternal truths of motherhood]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Crushed mum back on her feet</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/crushed-mum-back-on-her-feet.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/crushed-mum-back-on-her-feet.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A SIMPLE walk down the street with her sons is a task Lindsey Urquhart never thought she would achieve after her leg was crushed between two cars at Kawana Shoppingworld in April last year. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Doctors facing charges 'already disciplined'</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/doctors-facing-charges-already-disciplined.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/doctors-facing-charges-already-disciplined.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A number doctors, possibly facing criminal charges over patient harm or death, have already faced disciplinary action or have been stopped from practising medicine in Queensland.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Claims process is a rocky road</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/claims-process-is-a-rocky-road.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/claims-process-is-a-rocky-road.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ READER Rabih Farhat recently "busted" a tyre and wheel rim on a pothole and contacted us seeking tips on how to make a claim.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>RACHEL SCHUTZE: He knows just what to bring</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/rachel-schutze-he-knows-just-what-to-bring.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/rachel-schutze-he-knows-just-what-to-bring.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Lawyer, Rachel Schutze, talks about the history of the Easter Bunny in her regular collumn. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Family's Ride2School a road lesson </title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/familys-ride2school-a-road-lesson-.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/familys-ride2school-a-road-lesson-.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Lawyer, Canda, and Adam Glanville and their sons Josh, 3, and Riley, 5, got on their bikes for Ride2School Day last week.

]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Brimbank Council workers win flexible roster</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/brimbank-council-workers-win-flexible-roster.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/brimbank-council-workers-win-flexible-roster.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Three Brimbank Council workers have won the right to flexible working arrangements]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Smidsy is the cry</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/smidsy-is-the-cry.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/smidsy-is-the-cry.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ I represent people injured on WA roads.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Compensation hopes for faulty hip implant victims</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/compensation-hopes-for-faulty-hip-implant-victims.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/compensation-hopes-for-faulty-hip-implant-victims.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Medical giant Johnson & Johnson is under mounting pressure to settle a class action launched against it by 4500 Australians who were fitted with the company's infamous metal-on-metal hip replacements, after a US victim was awarded $8.3 million]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Couple fights insurer Insurance Australia Group over mould infestation in home</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/couple-fights-insurer-insurance-australia-group-over-mould-infestation-in-home.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/couple-fights-insurer-insurance-australia-group-over-mould-infestation-in-home.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A couple who claim they have been unable to live in their home for more than a year because it is infested with toxic mould are fighting an insurance giant over storm cover. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Inspiration's new source</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/inspirations-new-source.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/inspirations-new-source.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Maurice Blackburn Principal Rachel Schutze's column on turning 40. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The unwritten school rules</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/the-unwritten-school-rules.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/news/maurice-blackburn-in-the-news/2013/the-unwritten-school-rules.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ THE rules of the school yard are not obvious, nor are they readily accessible on the school website or information manual.

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