This death also stresses the importance of intending parents being fully informed of risks associated in home.birth.

The Court had no difficulty in finding that the settlement was reasonable and so the insurer was liable to reimburse it.

For a pre-existing medical condition to be compensable, there must be an incident which caused a change to that condition.

Parties retaining professional service providers should ensure that reasonably foreseeable losses are not excluded.

The Tribunal is vested with the function of decision-maker & is entitled to summons any information that it deems relevant.

The article examines the NDIS legislation with a view to understanding what these changes mean for compensation payers.

Lessons learned from recent personal injury case involving a landlord and a tenant.

This case emphasises the strict requirements for allegations of fraud to be clearly pleaded and properly particularised.

The Tribunal needed to decide if the employee provided a reasonable excuse for her failure to undertake rehabilitation.

The duty of a contract cleaner is to exercise reasonable care, and reasonable care does not mean perfection is required.

An employer's duty is very high and can include engaging experts to inspect things such as stairways for latent defects.

Psychologists obligations to comply with summons for medical records trumps any privacy & duty of care obligations to patients.

2 lessons - Court holds a broad discretion as to costs & Walk Away offers are capable of engaging the Calderbank principles.

The employment may contribute to the condition, but liability will only continue if the contribution is significant.

Whether an area of the premises is considered a "place of employment" depends on the worker's duties at that time.

The Tribunal found that non-work stressors were primary causes of the onset or aggravation of his depressive disorder.

The QOL proficiency assessment was reasonable administrative action, undertaken in a reasonable manner.

The Comcare hearing was rendered abortive because of Mr O'Callaghan filing relevant evidence on the day of the hearing.

In the absence of any physiological change, her chronic daily headache was not an injury for the purposes of the SRC Act.

The Tribunal considered liability for a back injury sustained by a youth worker while carrying chairs at a school.