A Personally Injured Bankrupt?
Does damage to “body, mind and soul” in commercial proceedings amount to “personal injury”?
Staff Profile: Kate Bickford
Travelling Well
Good News for SME business
Today, precisely three months from the release of the original Exposure Draft the Government has introduced a Bill to effect the small business rollover announced in the 2015 budget. After much…
Return to Work SA ‘Consultation Paper’ In Relation to Proposed Changes to the Policy on Self Insurance
DeceitfulDishonestDisingenuous Return to Work SA (“RTWSA”) is proposing that there be dramatic changes for those employers who are currently self-insured in the Scheme and those wanting to become…
Productivity Commission delivers final report into Australia's workplace relations framework to Coalition Government
In the days before Christmas the Coalition Government released the Productivity Commissions (PC) final report in relation to the institutions, laws and practices of the Australian workplace relations…
Warranty Insurance for Sale Transactions - How is it Used?
What is Warranty Insurance? Warranty and indemnity insurance (often referred to simply as “warranty insurance”) has been available in South Australia through specialist insurance brokers for quite a…
Full Bench of the Federal Court Finds That a Worker Assaulted at the Pub Suffered a Compensable Injury
In Westrupp v BIS Industries Limited [2015] FCAFC 173 the Full Bench considered an appeal from a decision by the AAT, which found that a worker employed on a fly in/fly out basis, who was assaulted…
Why a Solicitor Should Prepare and Witness Your Will
Don’t Try This at Home
If at First You Don’t Succeed to Make Changes to the Fair Work Act … Try Again
We recently reported on the passage of the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014 ("FWA Bill") through Federal Parliament. The FWA Bill in its original form had sought to introduce a raft of business-friendly…
Coalition Obtains First Substantial Changes to Fair Work Act
In November the Coalition’s Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014 ("FWA Bill") which was introduced to Federal Parliament on 27 February 2014 was finally passed by the Senate. The FWA Bill in its original…
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