Slip and Fall Down Liverpool Shopping Centre External Stairs Settles for $160,000 Sometimes, something as small as losing your footing for a second can drastically change your life. Slipping and falling down a set of stairs at your local shopping centre and receiving serious injuries as a result, for example, can be devastating if you […]
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When people hear about personal injury claims, they generally think about physical injuries, like a broken hand. But don’t be fooled, this is only one side of personal injury claims! Psychological injuries can have a serious impact on individual’s lives, sometimes even more so than physical injuries. Psychological injuries can include depression, PTSD or anxiety
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a long-term pain that can arise from initially minor injuries which then develops into a debilitating one. In other words, the continuing pain is disproportionate to the original injury. CRPS is believed to be caused by damage to, or malfunction of, the peripheral and central nervous systems. The main symptoms
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After all this time, New South Wales residents can finally enjoy amazing dine-in restaurants, get that long awaited haircut and go adventuring further than 5km from home! However, it is bitter sweet for some business owners who are emerging out of the COVID-19 lockdown as they now face the risk of employees catching COVID-19. With
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As of 2021, there are over 1.1 million independent contractors working in Australia. If you’re unsure as to whether or not you are one of these 1.1 million, then it might be in your best interests to find out. Since, whether you are a subcontractor, or an employee, is an important distinction that significantly affects
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Section 33 of the Worker Compensation Act (NSW) 1987 (“the 1987 Act”) requires the employer to pay compensation to an injured worker weekly compensation if the injury has caused either total or partial incapacity for employment. Section 43 of the 1987 Act allows an insurer to adjust the amount of weekly compensation payable to the
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In Section 60 of the Worker Compensation Act 1986 (NSW) (the 1987 Act) an injured worker can claim work-related medical or hospital treatment and rehabilitation if they are reasonably necessary. The 1987 Act does not define reasonably necessary treatment. However in the case of Diab v NRMA Ltd [2014] NSWWCCPD 72 (Diab), Roche DP has
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Pursuant to Section 33 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (the 1987 Act) an injured worker can receive weekly payments from the employer for partial or total incapacity from the workplace injury. Before paying the injured worker’s weekly payment, the insurer must calculate the so-called pre-injury weekly average earnings (PIAWE) of that worker. In most
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False imprisonment as the name suggests is the intentional imprisonment of a person without lawful justification, which is an offence at common law and also a civil wrong (a tort). A person can be imprisoned by private authorities such as a shopkeeper if they believe a customer has committed retail theft, however this commonly arises
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In December 2017, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was delivered to the Governor General. As a result, legal reforms were made allowing survivors to make a claim for compensation, regardless of when the abuse occurred. Sexual assault is a traumatic and life-changing experience. The psychological scars can be persistent and
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