Workers compensation: psychological injuries arising out of COVID-19
Covid-19 has had a significant impact on the NSW workers compensation scheme and not just in claims by workers who contracted the disease.Snapshot Covid-19 has…
Rights of injured workers expanded: knee replacements no longer subject to time limits
The Workers Compensation Commission ruled a knee replacement is an ‘artificial aid’ for the purposes of the exceptions within s 59A of the Workers Compensation…
No more passing the buck in blameless accidents
Workers compensation insurers are now entitled to be indemnified by a defendant driver who has been involved in a ‘blameless accident’. By BENJAMIN FERGUSON.Snapshot Workers…
The latest from the High Court: February 2017
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.Key decisions Blank v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] HCA…
The latest developments in Law Society advocacy & law reform: February 2017
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.Key developments CTP reforms First Review of…
The latest developments in Law Society advocacy & law reform: December 2016
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.Key developments Royal Commission into Institutional Responses…
The latest from the High Court: July 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.Key decisions Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers [2016] HCA…
Work-related travel and a heart attack claim: Workers Compensation Act s 9B
Haridra De Silva v Department of Finance & Services [2015] NSWWCC 279 is the first decision of the Workers Compensation Commission that deals specifically with…
The latest developments in Law Society advocacy & law reform: May 2016
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.Key developments Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding…
The latest developments in Law Society advocacy & law reform: April 2016
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.Key developments Urgent review of resourcing in…
The latest developments in Law Society advocacy & law reform: December 2015
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.Key developments NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into reparations…