Legislative Developments
Goodbye WCC, hello PIC
Personal Injury Commission Bill
Recent Decisions
WPI Assessments: AMS or Arbitrator’s Determination?
Thompson v Bernipave Pty Ltd [2020] NSWWCC 169 (21 May 2020)
Powell v JFIT Holdings Pty Ltd t/as New Dimensions Health and Fitness Centre
The temporary amendments to insolvency laws made by the Australian Federal Government in response to the challenges of COVID-19 have creditors (including credit managers) feeling somewhat discouraged regarding whether they will still be able to pursue debtors to pay judgment debts during the period the temporary amendments are in operation.
Summary
As a prize getter of the ALUCA Turks Scholarship program, you automatically receive entry to our exclusive LIFT (Life Insurance Future Thinking) alumni program.
LIFT brings together all of the winners and runners up of the ALUCA Turks Scholarship since its commencement in 2007 to connect, share and discuss ideas that will shape the future of the life insurance industry.
This talented group of forward thinking, life insurance professionals, joins together once a year in person and meets regularly online in our LIFT Online community.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd v Whitehall [2020] NSWSC 489
Summary
The COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures – Miscellaneous) Act 2020 No 5 (‘the Act’) came into force on Thursday, 14 May 2020.
Insofar as workers compensation is concerned, the Act introduces a presumption for certain categories of workers that, in the event they contract COVID-19, their disease will be compensable unless the contrary is established.
Who Do the Amendments Apply To?