A new frontier: Employers and insurers exposure for workers compensation claims as a result of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 infection rate continues to grow, businesses and employers have taken important measures to minimise the spread of…
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Fortress Territory: COVID-19 and workers compensation in the Northern Territory
Given that the median incubation period for COVID-19 is 5 to 6 days, the difficulty for employers and their insurers…
Unprecedented times: Safely navigating the workplace health and safety and workers compensation implications arising from COVID19 in Queensland
Background On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a Pandemic (an infectious disease outbreak that spreads…
Empty supermarket shelves but unlikely compensation claims
We haven’t seen the World Health Organisation (WHO) classify a pandemic since 2009 where we saw H1N1 influenza, better known…
Apocalypse 2020 – Key themes for liability insurers
The covid-19 pandemic will no doubt have a lasting effect on liability insurers and we expect will effectively encourage the…
Good Samaritans and the duty owed by occupiers and employers to protect against harm caused by the criminal acts of another?
To be or not to be a good Samaritan? The recent decision in Capar v SPG Investments Pty Ltd t/a…