Category: Injury Compensation Law

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The Silicosis Pandemic
POSTED: 02 Mar 2023
Injury Compensation Law
As you may have heard in recent media reports, there is currently a call to the Australian Government to ban the use of engineered stone products. Media have reported rising rates of silicosis in workers who have acknowledge the issue, and debate has begun, unfortunately many workers have already been...
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“Waiving goodbye to your rights”: are waivers binding?
POSTED: 02 Feb 2023
Injury Compensation Law
Accidents can happen at any time and anywhere. Sometimes, it is at a time when we are having the most fun, for example, at an amusement park or for the daredevils, going tandem skydiving.
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Traumatic Brain Injury at the work Christmas party – was it caused during the course of employment?
POSTED: 16 Dec 2022
Injury Compensation Law
The Festive Season has well and truly started. Most of us are having work Christmas parties and we’re all excited that it is almost the end of the year. But, what happens when you have too much fun at a Christmas party, even if it’s outside of your work hours?
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Why it’s important to seek early Legal Advice - Khanna v. Woolworths Group Limited [2022] NSWCA 94
POSTED: 28 Oct 2022
Injury Compensation Law
What’s the worst thing that could happen when you bring a claim out of time, and without a lawyer? Well, Mr Khanna recently found out when he sued Woolworths over an injury in 2015.
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$225,000 compensation for Rottweiler attack
POSTED: 29 Sep 2022
Injury Compensation Law
We all know that a dog is a person’s best friend, but what happens when a person has been injured as a result of an attack by that best friend?
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Hat overboard! What is a “Dangerous Recreational Activity”?
POSTED: 02 Sep 2022
Injury Compensation Law
On 25 January 2020, Mr Adam Liccardy sustained injury whilst attending a small gathering on a boat, with 10 or so other guests. The incident occurred at Sussex Inlet on the south coast of NSW.
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Does my insurer have to pay for medicinal cannabis?
POSTED: 21 Jun 2022
Injury Compensation Law
Whilst medicinal cannabis is legal in NSW, it is still uncommon for an insurer to pay for this type of treatment in a compensation setting. Although cannabis is generally recognised as an effective treatment, there are still difficulties in gathering proper evidence on its practical use.
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Driverless cars – who is at fault in an accident?
POSTED: 02 Jun 2022
Injury Compensation Law
There is no doubt that driverless and partially automated vehicles are the future of transport. It is said that driverless vehicles could reduce congestion on our roads, reduce the need for car parking spaces and supposedly reduce the number of accidents.
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Assisted suicide: Best intentions or unsatisfactory professional conduct?
POSTED: 20 May 2022
Injury Compensation Law
There has been a longstanding push to legalise voluntary assisted dying in Australia. This has been in talks for a number of years now with many states and territories deciding that voluntary assisted dying is legal.
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$2 million for child sexual abuse victim
POSTED: 05 May 2022
Injury Compensation Law
Over $2 million has been awarded to a victim of sexual abuse by the Supreme Court of Victoria. The abuse was perpetrated by a volunteer, Mr Palframan, between 1988 and 1990, while the Plaintiff was a student at Geelong College.
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