by Emma Mead | Nov 27, 2018 | Compensation Law, Top Posts - Compensation Law, Top Posts - Home, Workers Compensation Claims |
If a person is injured while working illegally, without a valid working visa, are they excluded from claiming workers compensation benefits? Generally, they wouldn’t be considered workers under the law and therefore, would not be able to obtain worker’s benefits....
by Emma Mead | Nov 13, 2018 | Compensation and Insurance Litigation, Compensation Law, Motor Vehicle Accident Claims, Top Posts - Compensation Law, Top Posts - Home |
Recent law changes have affected the way you can receive compensation for injuries arising out of motor vehicle accidents. If a person is injured or killed in a motor vehicle accident, there are two different types of compensation they may be eligible for: statutory...
by Emma Mead | Nov 6, 2018 | Personal Injury, Top Posts - Compensation Law, Top Posts - Home |
National cyclist lobby-group, the Bike Network, has signalled its intentions to push for the relaxation of laws requiring cyclists to wear helmets. A five-year trial has been proposed by the group that would allow cyclists to decide whether they wish to wear...
by James Bartley | Oct 28, 2018 | Top Posts - Compensation Law, Top Posts - Home |
A recent Supreme Court case has illustrated the distinction between compensation for psychological damages and employment income. In Susan Buswekk v TAL*, the Plaintiff, Ms Buswekk, was granted $300,000 damages for psychological injury arising out of her employment....
by Emma Mead | Oct 16, 2018 | Compensation and Insurance Litigation, Compensation Law, Personal Injury, Top Posts - Compensation Law, Top Posts - Home, Workers Compensation Claims |
Melbourne-based respiratory physician, Dr Ryan Hoy, has warned that we may be experiencing the “largest occupational lung crisis we’ve seen since the peak of asbestos use in the 1960s and the 1970s”. (ABC News) Dr Hoy is among a number of medical experts that...
by Emma Mead | Oct 9, 2018 | Compensation and Insurance Litigation, Compensation Law, Jobs, Top Posts - Compensation Law, Top Posts - Home, Workers Compensation Claims |
Firefighters face many dangers in their line of work. So much so, you’d be forgiven for not listing a risk of cancer among the first few that spring to mind. Unfortunately, occupational cancer, caused by the inhalation of carcinogens, has been shown to be a real...
