Permanent impairment - Discounting for pre-existing conditions or previous injury
- Published 17.06.2021
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Person who ‘paid’ the compensation not to be taken literally. Subtleties of 151Z
- Published 17.06.2021
Employers Liability Newsletter June 2021
- Published 17.06.2021
Recent Decisions
Aggregation of WPI
Zdanovits v Officemax Australia Limited (NSWPIC 2021)
Permanent impairment - Discounting for pre-existing conditions or previous injury
Marks v Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice [2021] NSWSC 306 and [2021] NSWSC 61
Aggregation of WPI
- Published 17.06.2021
Samuel Goldwyn, the Hollywood movie mogul, reputedly once said “A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on”*
- Published 31.05.2021
*Per Rares J TWW Yachts Sarl v The Yacht “Loretta” (No 1) (FCA 2021) at paragraph 1
Key Takeaways
This case looks at whether what was said in a telephone conversation can amount to a binding agreement within the meaning of either the first or second limbs of Masters v Cameron1.
Brief Facts
Claims as a Financial Service – there’s still time left
- Published 26.05.2021
On 8 April 2021 ASIC published Media Release 21-067, which incorporated the final version of its claims handling and settling service information sheet – INFO 253 (formally is