Key Takeaways
On 13 April 2021, ASIC and the ACCC jointly published an updated debt collection guide for creditors and specialist debt collectors.
The guidance reinforces that ASIC and the ACCC encourage flexible and realistic debt arrangements, that account for and prevent further hardship, including indirect forms such as family domestic violence.
Published | Ellie Pringle
Congratulations to Michael Deville, Acting Claims Development Business Partner from AIA who won the Young Achiever Award at the 2021 Financial Services Council (FSC) Life Insurance Awards in Sydney last night.
TurksLegal was proud to sponsor and partner with the FSC for the Young Achiever Award which acknowledges and celebrates the positive achievements of an individual in the early stages of their career within the Australian life insurance industry.
Published | Ellie Pringle
TurksLegal is delighted to announce that five of our lawyers have been recognised in the 2022 Best Lawyers in Australia list announced today.
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Recognition in this publication is widely regarded by clients and legal professionals as a significant honour.
Congratulations to the following partners and special counsel on this great achievement:
Key Takeaways
Legal liability can be challenged in circumstances where a party establishes their actions were as a result of the agony of the moment and consistent with what a reasonable person in the same position would have done.
Skinner v New South Wales (No 2) (NSWDC 2021)
Key Takeaways
In this case, a deduction of 40% was applied to the worker’s award of work injury damages for ‘contingencies’.
Key Takeaways
The NSWCA considered whether an AMS was entitled to assess the degree of permanent impairment arising from parts of the left upper limb which had not been specifically referred. The Court also considered whether the left wrist, which had been inadvertently omitted from the referral, could be assessed.
RECENT DECISIONS
Predicting the unpredictable: deduction for ‘contingencies’ in work injury damages claims
Skinner v New South Wales (No 2) (NSWDC 2021)
NSWCA considers plain meaning of medical assessment referral
Skates v Hills Industries Ltd (NSWSC 2020)