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Employer escapes liability

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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May 10 2013

The Plaintiff was employed as an apprentice electrician with the Defendant. He was installing electrical cabling in an apartment complex. The

Restraining ‘restraint of trade clauses’

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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April 17 2013

The Victorian Court of Appeal in Wallis Nominees (Computing) Pty Ltd v Pickett 2013 VSCA 24 involved Mr Pickett, who was employed by Wallis Nominees

Knott Investments Pty Ltd & Ors v. Fulcher & Ors 2013 QCA 67

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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April 8 2013

The Court of Appeal consisting of Justices Holmes, Muir JJA and Atkinson J were asked to consider an Appeal by the Defendant from the primary

Traffic too close for comfort: gardener points finger at employer

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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February 12 2013

On 6 February 2013, Judge Everson of the Cairns District Court handed down his decision in Sharp v Cairns Regional Council

Employers not to blindside employees on safe system and place of work

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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January 23 2013

The decision of Henry J in Savage v Dangan Pty Ltd handed down on 8 November 2012 discussed an employer's duty in relation to a safe system and place

Plaintiff proves accident but fails to prove injury

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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January 22 2013

The Plaintiff sought to recover damages from his former employer for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered in a fall at work on 9 December

When the sequelae of injuries can give rise to a separate “entitlement”

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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December 18 2012

In Barraclough v WorkCover Queensland the worker made an application before the District Court at Mackay seeking a declaration that her Notice of Claim for Damages served pursuant to section 275 of the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (the Act) complied as well as a declaration that the worker was 'entitled' to pursue a claim at damages at common law with respect to injuries described as 'burns to the left hand and right hand, soft tissue injuries, complex regional pain syndrome reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right upper limb

Do you have to disclose documents arising from a prosecution?

McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Australia
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December 18 2012

In Ferrington v WorkCover Queensland1, the Honourable Justice McMeekin in the Supreme Court of Queensland at Rockhampton had to give consideration as to whether an employer had an obligation to disclose documentation that related to matters that were extraneous (although related) to the matters in issue in a personal injury claim