Background The 2015 amendments to the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (‘the Act’), whilst arguably not as sweeping or broad as those taking place in 2012, brought with them some...
Ward v Allianz Australia Services Pty Ltd [2019] NSWDC 293 The recent judgment in the matter of Ward v Allianz Australia Services Pty Ltd [2019] NSWDC 293 highlights a new trend...
Yildiz v Fullview Plastics Pty Ltd [2019] NSWWCCPD 24 This decision pertains to whether a non-exempt worker is entitled to receive lump sum compensation under the released s67 of...
There is some good news for NSW Firefighters who have been diagnosed with cancer with the introduction of the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Firefighters) Act 2018...
Chalkias v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWSC 1561 As set out in section 321 of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (‘the WIMA), the primary...
PTSD & Death benefit claims Gaylene Ann Reakes v State of NSW & Ors (2019) NSWWCC 134 On 10 April 2019, Arbitrator Paul Sweeney found that Ian Mark Reakes (the deceased)...