Govic v Boral Australian Gypsum Ltd [2015] VSCA 130, demonstrates yet again the extremely high standards an employer must adopt if it is to avoid liability. The appellant worker was an experienced and capable tradesman who supp...

1 July 2015 heralded major changes to the Workers Compensation scheme in South Australia; many of these changes revolve around the concept of "serious injury". The Return to Work Act 2014 replaces the Workers Rehabilitation and C...

Court of Appeal upholds use of local handyman for minor repairs. A judgment obtained by Hunt & Hunt, acting for the insurer of a residential occupier where a subsequent tenant sustained significant injury from prior defective...

On 10 June 2015, the High Court handed down a significant decision in the context of personal injury claims within South Australia.  The decision concerns the interpretation and application of Sections 33 and 53 of the Civil Liab...

This article relates to claims against insurers under s601AG of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and application of the proportionate liability regime. In the recent Supreme Court of New South Wales decision of Smart v AAI Ltd; ...

In Holloway v Department of Human Services and Ors [2015] VSC 184, His Honour McDonald J found that a determination of a medical panel convened pursuant to the Wrongs Act 1958 ("Act’) is invalid if the determination is given out...