The government looks set to significantly curtail the common law rights of people injured in Transport Accidents by narrowing the criteria for serious injury as The Age reports on 17 October. Rather … [Read more...]
State Government to reduce victims’ of Transport Accidents right to sue for damages
The government looks set to significantly curtail the common law rights of people injured in Transport Accidents by narrowing the criteria for serious injury as The Age reports on 17 October. Rather … [Read more...]
Compensation crackdown from WorkSafe Victoria
Here’s an interesting article by Lucille Keen from the Australian Financial Review from 7 August 2013 about Worksafe’s way of playing hard ball with workers in relation to their entitlements. If you … [Read more...]
PVYW v Comcare continued
I had previously written about this unusual case. The High Court of Australia today gave leave to Comcare to appeal this matter. Here’s the transcript of today’s article in The Age regarding … [Read more...]
Motor vehicle accidents/Transport accident claims
The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) was established by the Transport Accident Act 1986. The Act was set up to compensate injured persons resulting from transport accidents. If you have been … [Read more...]
PVYW v Comcare
For an injury to be compensable under WorkCover, you need to show that it arose out of or in the course of your employment. Usually, this requirement does not cause a lot of dispute. A recent case in … [Read more...]
Work-related injuries – Common law claims for negligence
Separately from your statutory WorkCover entitlements, you may in some circumstances bring a claim against your employer and/or a third party in relation to your injuries. These claims depend on you … [Read more...]
Summary of benefits under WorkCover
Once your WorkCover claim has been accepted, you will be entitled to the following: 1. Weekly payments of compensation : For the first 13 weeks that you can’t work as a result of your injuries, … [Read more...]
Injured at work – what now ?
You have been injured at work - where to from here ? This post contains a few handy hints regarding the steps you need to take to enable you to obtain the compensation you are entitled to. 1. … [Read more...]