by Emma Mead | Mar 14, 2019 | Compensation and Insurance Litigation, Compensation Law, Personal Injury, Top Posts - Compensation Law, Top Posts - Home
A former police officer has been awarded $1.4 million in damages from the State of NSW as compensation for psychological damages arising out of their duties. (Melanie Sills v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWDC 119) The ex-cop had been exposed to a number of...
by Emma Mead | Mar 8, 2019 | Compensation and Insurance Litigation, Compensation Law, Personal Injury, Top Posts - Compensation Law, Top Posts - Home
NSW public health workers spend their lives striving to keep our most vulnerable citizens safe and healthy. Unfortunately, it seems that the sector may not be doing the same for the workers themselves. In November 2016, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard announced a...
by Emma Mead | Oct 2, 2018 | Compensation and Insurance Litigation, Compensation Law, Personal Injury, Top Posts - Compensation Law, Top Posts - Home
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a Royal Commission into Australia’s aged care sector. The inquiry will delve into allegations of mistreatment in the industry following a slew of concerning news reports and investigations, including the Oakden nursing home...
by Karlo Tychsen | Sep 11, 2018 | Compensation and Insurance Litigation, Compensation Law, Personal Injury, Top Posts - Compensation Law
If there is one aspect of compensation in the state of New South Wales, and indeed across the land, that is deeply entrenched, it is the concept of “no double-dipping.” If you are compensated for economic loss, you pay past entitlements back to Centrelink. If you...
by Emma Mead | Jun 29, 2018 | Personal Injury, Top Posts - Home
Claim farming is the practice of making unsolicited calls to persons that may recently have been involved in an accident, in hopes of referring the person to a law firm. Although it controversially targets people that may be extremely vulnerable or distressed, firms...
by Emma Mead | Jun 22, 2018 | Personal Injury, Public Liability & Negligence Claims, Top Posts - Compensation Law, Top Posts - Home
A Central Coast woman was recently awarded a six-figure sum to compensate for injuries she suffered during a boat tour. The woman was on a whale-watching cruise off the Northern NSW coast when turbulence threw her into the air. Falling back on her seat, she broke two...
