Whilst courts have often held that they have the power to make an order, when reinstating a company, to the effect that a limitation period does not run while the company was deregistered, what is the position when the limitation period in question is a jurisdictional time limit contained in another provision of the Corporations Act 2001 (the Act), specifically section 588FF(3)?

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Recent Decisions

Aggregating Whole Person Impairment Across Multiple Injuries and Employers
Shanahan v Illawarra Retirement Trust [2025] NSWPIC 535

Medical Appeal Panel Overturns Non-Standard Section 323 Deduction
Manera v Diversey Australia Pty Ltd [2025] NSWPICMP 766

Singh v SecureCorp [2025] VMC 2

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Key takeaways

The Victorian Magistrates Court has held that a worker’s injury, which occurred during a brief walk from a public car park to the worksite, was not compensable due to insufficient connection between the worker’s activities at the time of injury and his employment.

Manera v Diversey Australia Pty Ltd [2025] NSWPICMP 766

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Key takeaways

Shanahan v Illawarra Retirement Trust [2025] NSWPIC 535

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