Category: Injury Compensation Law

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Pub fights - who is liable?
POSTED: 07 Sep 2023
Injury Compensation Law
Recently, the Supreme Court of NSW had to consider whether a pub and security company could be found liable for the physical assault of a patron which left him unconscious and permanently injured.
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Motor Accident claims – Is the Insurer allowed to engage a private investigator?
POSTED: 03 Aug 2023
Injury Compensation Law
Whilst the simple answer to this question is “yes”, in order to engage in an investigation of an injured person (“the Claimant”), the Insurer must have a valid reason to do so. These reasons could include:
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Claiming surrogacy costs in personal injury matters – is it a reasonable medical expense?
POSTED: 06 Jul 2023
Injury Compensation Law
*Warning – this article may be triggering to others*
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Compensation for work related stabbing – with a drugs twist
POSTED: 31 May 2023
Injury Compensation Law
Normally, any worker injured whilst working in NSW is entitled to make a claim under the Workers Compensation Scheme, and receive their statutory entitlements.
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When Does Disciplinary Action Go Too Far?
POSTED: 02 May 2023
Injury Compensation Law
Employers are legally entitled to conduct reasonable disciplinary actions against their employees. In the Workers Compensation Scheme, employers are in fact protected from certain psychological claims from workers, if it can be shown that their injury was caused by reasonable disciplinary action.
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Image Based Abuse: case law update
POSTED: 05 Apr 2023
Injury Compensation Law
Online relationships and the use (and abuse) of information and images online is a rapidly growing legal area. The legal systems in Australia and other jurisdictions around the world are developing rapidly in this area of the 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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