Brisbane firm fails to pause compensation hearing pending negligence suit
By Naomi Neilson|19 January 2021
The managing partner of a Brisbane-based firm has failed to convince the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal to hold off on a compensation order pending a lawsuit alleging negligence that is currently being determined in the Magistrates Court.
Irish Bentley managing partner Zeke Bentley was unable to argue that a compensation hearing should be halted until the conclusion of a Magistrates Court trial. The Brisbane-based firm will instead continue fighting the allegation from agriculture landowners’ association MBRII that it was negligent, along with facing a costs order of $69,007.