Employers Liability Newsletter August 2020

  • Newsletter
  • Published 17.08.2020

Legislative Developments
The Personal Injury Commission Act 2020 was passed by Parliament on 5 August 2020 and assented on 11 August 2020.

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Recent Decisions
Drawing inferences: evidence must be considered as a whole on the balance of probabilities
Qantas Airways Ltd v Coleman (NSWWCCPD 2020)

Payment of damages ‘in respect of an injury’: interpreting s 151A of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)
Gardiner v Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd (NSWCA 2020)