Following from the previous post, here is an article from the ABC website with more details highlighting the behaviour some of the Insurers engage in when dealing with Workers' entitlements. If you … [Read more...]
WorkSafe pays law firms bonuses to minimise victims’ payouts
Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker report in The Age on 26 December 2013 how WorkSafe prefers spending its money on lawyers defending workers’ claims rather than injured workers’ entitlements. No … [Read more...]
WorkSafe Victoria a habitual litigant, says chief judge
Here’s an article from today’s Age regarding Worksafe’s tactics of playing hard ball with workers’ entitlements. Apart from the fact that these proceedings delay payment of benefits to injured workers … [Read more...]
PVYW v Comcare – the final word
I have previously written about this unusual case, which was decided by the High Court Of Australia yesterday. The High Court decided that the plaintiff was not entitled to compensation as her … [Read more...]
War of Words over proposed changes to the Transport Accident Act
The debate around the government’s plans to amend the Transport Accident Act is heating up with leading psychiatrists responsible for drafting the current guidelines for evaluating mental harm … [Read more...]
TAC overhaul ‘like salt in the wound’
I recently wrote about the impending changes to the Transport Accident Act and how these changes will affect road accidents victims’ rights to sue for psychiatric injuries. Here’s another article from … [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...]
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...]