A recent case before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal shows that, even when injuries are found to have been sustained in the course of employment, an employee can have no entitlement ...
A recent case before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal shows that, even when injuries are found to have been sustained in the course of employment, an employee can have no entitlement to compensation.
The Industrial Court of Queensland has ruled that an employer does not have the right to be heard at an appeal to the QIRC filed by a worker against a decision of the Regulator.
The Supreme Court of Victoria was asked in Homsi v Homsi [2016] VSC 354, to consider a novel question: whether a child who died in a motor vehicle accident (he caused) owed a duty to his mother
On 26 May 2016, the Queensland Parliament passed legislation enabling the partial rollout of the National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS). It represents the first tangible stage of the State Government’s commitment to the NIIS.
On 1 October 2015, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) commenced a new process for dealing with appeals against review decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Regulator.
In the recent case of Maggs v RACQ Insurance Limited [2016] QSC 41, the Supreme Court of Queensland ruled that fund management fees are not recoverable damages as part of statutory claims brought under the Civil Proceedings Act 2011 (Qld) (‘CPA’).
In the recent case of Woolworths Limited v Perrins [2015] QCA 207, the Queensland Court of Appeal examined the scope and extent of an employer’s duty of care to avoid causing psychiatric injury to employees.
The Industrial Court of Queensland (ICQ) recently handed down a decision (Blackwood v Civeo Pty Ltd), which will affect certain claims for workers’ compensation.
The High Court of Australia has recently ruled that contributory negligence would not be presumed where a passenger accepted a car ride from an intoxicated driver. This decision upheld the decision of the Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia, which found the passenger could not have been
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In Waugh v Simon Blackwood (Workers’ Compensation Regulator) [2015] ICQ 028, the Industrial Court of Queensland highlighted the breadth of an employer’s potential liability for activities undertaken by its staff, even where such activities have little connection with the employer’s business.
There is a tussle taking place in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission regarding the right of an employer to be heard in an appeal by a worker against a decision of the Regulator. Two recent cases have come to very different conclusions in relation to the employer’s right to be
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