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Legislative Changes (COVID-19) – Effective 12 October 2020 – Worker’s Compensation and Injury Management Amendment (COVID-19 Response) Act 2020
09.10.2020
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Know your hazards! Local Government found liable for failing to provide adequate visual clues marking the potential hazard
06.10.2020
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Two Bites of the Cherry? Beasley -v- Fortescue Metals Group Ltd [2020] WADC 118
02.10.2020
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When The Sky (Or Ceiling) Falls In On You: Greenslade -v- Hiew [2020] WADC 120
15.09.2020
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Amendments to Cost Scales for Employers/Insurers Operating in the District and Supreme Courts and WorkCover WA as of 1 July 2020
07.07.2020
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Workers’ Compensation & Injury Management Amendment (Covid-19 Response) Bill 2020
30.06.2020
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How far does a party have to go in discovering all forms of electronic communications in court proceedings? (Juwi v DeGrussa)
14.04.2020
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COVID-19 – What the Coronavirus Stimulus Measures Mean for your Business (7 April 2020)
07.04.2020
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Is this now the leading case decision concerning Section 3C of the WA MV (TPI) Act 1943?
11.03.2020
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Aiming at an Employee and Shooting Yourself in the Foot – Workplace Investigation Leads to Compensation Claim
24.05.2019
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The Surprising Cost of a Piercing Noise – Insight From Hooker v Allied Pumps Pty Ltd (No. 2) (2018) WADC 129
13.12.2018
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Be Prepared, or be Better Prepared – Insight From Rodgers v Amcor Ltd [2018] WADC 134
11.12.2018
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Judicial Interpretation of Policies of Insurance – Not as Dull as it Sounds
09.08.2018
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Superannuation and the Age Pension where Injury Causes Reduced Life Expectancy – Compensable Loss?
05.07.2018
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Arbitrator’s Decision WorkCover WA – Preference of One Medical Opinion Over Another
05.07.2018
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When it Comes to Workers Compensation, When is a Travelling Expense Not a Travelling Expense? Battle of the Clauses
03.07.2018
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Landlords and Tenants Beware, Know Your Occupier Liability Rights and Obligations and Ensure You Insure
11.06.2018
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Commonwealth Bank Data Security Breach – Because the Banking Royal Commission Was Not Embarrassing Enough
04.05.2018
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Interaction between Section 60 and Section 61 in the WA Workers Compensation Scheme – Appeal to District Court and then to Court of Appeal, WA Supreme Court
30.04.2018
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Work Related or Not Work Related? Tragic South Australian Fatality in the Headlines
29.03.2018
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Appeals from WorkCover WA to District Court of WA – What is a Question of Law?
28.02.2018
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Awarding Compensation for Permanent Impairment Sustained Minutes Before Death – Could It Happen Here?
28.02.2018
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WA Worker Attends Work Out of Usual Work Hours Not to Undertake Normal Duties but to Complete a Form and is Injured – is the Injury Compensable? Appeal to WA District Court
19.12.2017
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Assessing Damages for Injuries Sustained as a 7-Year Old 14 Years Later
19.12.2017
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The Defendant’s Application to Dismiss the Plaintiff Due to an Invalid Election Considered by the District Court
19.12.2017
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The Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Amendment Bill 2017 (WA) – What You Need to Know
27.11.2017
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WA Workers’ Compensation – Connection between Reasonable Treatment and a Compensable Injury
31.10.2017
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Stress Claim on Appeal in the District Court of WA – Section 5 of the WA Act and Meaning of “Discipline”, “Wholly or Predominantly” and “Unreasonable and Harsh”
29.09.2017
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He Either had Nic Naitanui-like Skills or the Boundary Line was too Close to the Fence
29.09.2017
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A Long Saga Ends With Dismissal of Appeal in Relation to Claimed Psychiatric Injury
31.07.2017
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WA Workers Compensation – injured knee collapsed during return to work program aggravating asymptomatic back condition – is back injury compensable, is there a new prescribed amount applicable?
30.06.2017
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WA CTP Motor Vehicle Crash Claim – Liability apportioned 70% – 30% in favour of defendant
30.05.2017
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Stress claim at WorkCover WA on appeal to District Court of Western Australia
28.04.2017
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Self-Represented Plaintiff Fails to Prove Negligence in his Claim for Common Law Damages in the WA District Court
28.04.2017
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Employees, Subcontractors and Contractors – a Detailed Examination of Liability and Apportionment Principles
31.03.2017
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Injury at Work and Again While Being Rehabilitated, Injury or Not? Reasonableness of Treatment
31.03.2017
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What is the meaning of “error of law” and “a question of law is involved” in a workers’ compensation context?
28.02.2017
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Damages Awarded for Unacceptable Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Medical Condition
31.01.2017
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The Unavoidable Accident – Causation in the WA CTP Motor Vehicle Scheme
31.01.2017
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Costs Order Made Against a Worker by an Arbitrator at WorkCover WA Upheld by WA District Court Judge
20.12.2016
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Recent WA and NSW CTP decisions relating to assessment of liability and contributory negligence
30.09.2016
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Confirming the Scope of Section 61 Applications in the WA WorkCover Jurisdiction
30.09.2016
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District Court Assessment of Damages in the Western Australian CTP scheme
30.06.2016
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Section 61 Notices and the WA Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act
31.05.2016
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WA Worker Accepts Offer To Settle Claim Before Passing – The Consequences Of No Settlement Documents Being Signed
29.04.2016
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A Timely Reminder about Time – the Consequences of Missing a Common Law Limitation Date in the WA Workers Compensation and Common Law Scheme
30.03.2016
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Behme -v- Royal Perth Hospital [2014] WADC 53 – Work Injury and Subsequent Motor Vehicle Injury
30.06.2014
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WA Workers’ compensation “stress claims” resulting from disciplinary meetings
30.06.2014
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Revisiting the interpretation of contractual indemnity and insurance clauses
30.04.2014
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