Compensation, Damages, Damages, Compensation – is there a right of recovery to WorkCover?
A worker sustains an injury during the course of his employment. He does not claim compensation for that injury pursuant…
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Failure to appeal could be fatal for a worker’s claim, but has the door been left open
The Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Act) provides an ‘intersecting web of reviews and appeals‘. Can a worker go behind that…
Carter v Hastings River Greyhound Racing Club [2020] NSWCA 185
In Carter v Hastings River Greyhound Racing Club [2020] NSWCA 185, the Court of Appeal considered the application of s 5L of…
First responder rights
On 12 August 2020, the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Bill 2020 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament. The Bill…
Professionals excluded from dangerous recreational activity defence? Court of Appeal says “neigh”
Singh bhnf Ambu Kanwar v Lynch [2020] NSWCA 152 The New South Wales Court of Appeal has once against considered the…
Late notices of claim – v – prejudice
We have all received one (or likely more) of those claims – the claims that are served outside the time…