Wrapping Up an Eventual Year in Workers Compensation

What a year it’s been! 2025 has brought some of the most significant changes to workers compensation in NSW that we’ve seen in a very long time, and we’ve been proud to navigate these developments alongside you.

Nagy v Arthur Tzaneros Discretionary Trust & Luke Webber Trust t/as Labour Power & Anor [2025] NSWPIC 609

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Palackalody v St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Limited [2025] NSWDC 496

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Allsop v NCC Group Pty Ltd [2025] NSWPIC 553

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Key takeaways

This decision highlights the broad interpretation that can be applied to sections 4 and 9A of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (WCA 1987).

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