The ongoing duty to disclose is inoperative in circumstances when legal professional privilege is claimed over documents.

The sanctity of a child's life is paramount and more powerful than the need to respect the parents' religious beliefs.

Article discusses Lean Six Sigma and stresses that law firms need to embrace innovation.

This second part of a three-part series looks at the management philosophy Lean Six Sigma and its operation in law firms.

Flare-ups were not aggravations of the pre-existing degenerative condition, so the Tribunal found in favour of Comcare.

Parents have a right to plan a family and medical practitioners have a duty of care to protect that reproductive right.

With abortion still considered a crime in NSW, many have labelled the current position as 'archaic' and 'out of touch'.

It is not enough for a worker to have merely experienced pain during their employment for liability to be established.

The Tribunal needed to consider if the worker had a reasonable excuse for failing to undertake a rehabilitation program.

Specific criteria for different types of catastrophic injury are set in the SRC (Catastrophic Injury) Rules 2018 (Cth).

Whether physiotherapy is considered reasonable medical treatment depends on the facts and circumstances of each case.

The Tribunal considered that the worker no longer suffered from an injury significantly contributed to by employment.

Following a recent landmark HC decision, employers now have clarity that casual workers are just that, casual.

His psychological condition did not meet the definition of Injury as it was because of reasonable administrative action.

This decision demonstrates that the bar for employers seeking to rely on the exclusions in the SRC Act remains high.

The ‘claim' for workers compensation was made through a request for medical treatment, rather than by a new claim form.

In appropriate cases, the Tribunal will accept claims management as a proper purpose for the release of documents.

The Supreme Court recently approved an application to authorise the termination of a 12 year old's nine week pregnancy.

Case deals with sections 5A(1) and 5B(2) of the SRC Act and the difficulties associated with onus of proof. .

The Tribunal noted that the burden lay with the applicant to be ready to bring the matters forward in a timely manner.