Federal Court declines to embrace a general rule that successful liquidators of assetless companies be awarded indemnity costs
- Published 14.11.2022
Key Takeaways
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Turks and Women in Banking and Finance (WiBF) are delighted to announce Paula Nassif, Senior Associate at King & Wood Mallesons as the winner of the 2022 Turks WiBF Leadership Scholarship.
Published | Tessa Hills
We are delighted to announce that Scott Breihl, Associate in Sydney’s General Insurance team, has won the Australian Insurance Law Association’s (AILA) Gill Award, instigated to recognise the outstanding contribution made by Michael Gill to the insurance industry and to insurance law both here in Australia and internationally through his long association with AIDA, the international body.
Scott’s essay was titled: A fair go: What Insurance Ombudsman Schemes around the world can learn from the Australian experiment with fairness.
Published | Tessa Hills
It is our great pleasure to welcome back Peter Banco to Turks as a Partner in our Brisbane General Insurance practice.
Many of our long standing clients would have worked with Peter and will share our excitement at having such a talented, dedicated and passionate individual back with us.
Employers Liability Newsletter - October 2022
- Published 19.10.2022
Spotlight on the Guide
Our Online Guide to Workers Compensation has been updated with the latest indexed rates which came into effect on 1 October 2022 pursuant to the Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment Order 2022. Access our invaluable Guide here.
Recent Decisions
Keeping an open mind about therapeutic treatment
Goode v Racing NSW (2022 NSWPIC)
Deemed Worker Provisions and the significance of uncontested evidence
- Published 19.10.2022
Keeping an open mind about therapeutic treatment
- Published 19.10.2022
Goode v Racing NSW (2022 NSWPIC)
Key Takeaways
In a decision from earlier this year, Member Wynyard awarded a worker the costs of relocating back to the UK following a serious spinal injury in NSW.
An intermeddling bankrupt and his assignee defeated by equity and the Bankruptcy Act
- Published 21.09.2022
A recent NSWSC decision of Kunc J in HBSY Pty Ltd v Lewis (NSWSC 2022) considered whether the assignee of the bankrupt’s share of the residuary of a deceased estate was entitled to receive that share without accounting for the loss occasioned by the bankrupt to the deceased estate when he intermeddled with its funds.