PIC’s first published decision: Worker and...
The Personal Injury Commission (PIC) has issued its first published...
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Overseas asbestos exposure – to pay or not to pay? | Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund Limited as Trustee for the Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund [2018] NSWSC 589
Author: Bharat Vekria and Andrew SpearrittJudgement Date: 4th May, 2018Citation: Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund Limited as Trustee for the Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund [2018] NSWSC 589Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New South WalesPrinciplesIn proceedings in which Amaca Pty Ltd (formerly James Hardie &Co Ltd) has been sued as a tortfeasor, and it is alleged that asbestos products manufactured by Amaca Pty Ltd made a causal...
Decisions must rest on inferences drawn from known...
Author: Amelia ToumaJudgement Date: 19th March, 2018Citation: Knezevic...
When a “worker with highest needs” is...
Author: Chad FarahJudgement Date: 26th February, 2018Citation: Hee v...
Performance appraisal held to be a defence to...
Author: Amelia ToumaJudgement Date: 8th February, 2018Citation: Tran v...
Worker fails to disturb an arbitrator’s...
Author: Amelia ToumaJudgement Date: 10th January, 2018Citation:...
Claims for contribution between tortfeasors in...
Author: Andrew SpearrittJudgement Date: 28th November, 2017Citation:...
Defendant’s conduct in a mesothelioma claim...
Author: Andrew SpearrittJudgement Date: 30th October, 2017Citation:...
A step by step approach – essential to...
Author: Brendan MaherJudgement Date: 17th October, 2017Citation: Tudor...
Bounty can be kept by a plaintiff in a...
Author: Andrew SpearrittJudgement Date: 10th October, 2017Citation:...