Employer not liable after armed robbery sparks psychiatric injury claim

A 22-second armed robbery blitz on a Victoria-based district sports club allegedly caused an employee psychiatric...

24 April 2025

By Kace O'Neill

Compensation firm wins negligence claim against former client

A compensation law firm was awarded costs after it was successful in having a former client’s negligence claim tossed...

03 April 2025

By Naomi Neilson

NSW moves to prohibit ‘predatory and exploitative’ claim farming

A new bill seeks to prohibit so-called “claim farming” in Australia’s most populous...

19 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Appeal frees insurer from costs of compensating Knox Grammar’s sexual abuse victims

Under a landmark appeal, the Uniting Church can no longer rely on its insurance with Allianz Australia to cover the...

10 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

How could autonomous vehicles impact insurance?

The potential insurance consequences of a car accident with a fully autonomous vehicle being operated in full...

05 December 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Bankrupt man makes ‘elaborate’ allegations against law firm

In an effort to dodge a costs order, a bankrupt man accused a law firm of using delays, the withholding of material,...

17 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

NT Supreme Court gives ‘new hope’ for asbestos-related lung cancer cases

A recent win in the Northern Territory Supreme Court has provided optimism for individuals who have lung cancer caused...

15 May 2024

By Grace Robbie

Travis Schultz & Partners adds Brisbane-based senior associate

Queensland-based compensation law firm Travis Schultz & Partners has appointed a senior associate for its Brisbane...

18 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Senior lawyer conned clients with fake settlement offers

A compensation lawyer invented settlement offers worth tens of thousands of dollars and lied to clients about securing...

02 April 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Qantas could pay ‘millions of dollars’ in compensation

A court was told three of the 1,700 workers illegally sacked by Qantas have suffered financially and emotionally in the...

19 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

High Court’s unsafe housing decision triggers class action investigation

A compensation firm said it is investigating a class action over dilapidated rental homes following a landmark High...

02 November 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Travis Schultz & Partners continues to grow

Queensland-based boutique compensation law firm Travis Schultz & Partners (TSP) has welcomed three new lawyers in...

04 August 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Former prisoner’s ‘unusual’ case against major compensation firm

A Supreme Court said it was faced with an “unusual” matter when a former prisoner attempted to bring disciplinary...

09 June 2023

By Naomi Neilson

The ‘wrong approach’ on worker compensation should be rejected

WorkCover has been declared “fundamentally broken”, and the exclusion of bullying and harassment from compensation...

22 March 2023

By Lauren Croft

Lawyers call for mandated flight delay compensation

The federal government should force airlines to compensate passengers for flight delays, says a national legal advocacy...

21 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Sea World chopper victims seek to catalyse law reform

An aviation and accident lawyer has called for major law reform in the wake of the Sea World helicopter accident, from...

09 March 2023

By Jess Feyder

Travis Schultz adds compensation special counsel

Queensland-based firm Travis Schultz & Partners has appointed a compensation law special counsel to its...

20 February 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Clinical notes and compensation matters

How much weight is given to clinical notes in compensation matters should be considered, writes Rachel...

29 December 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Compensation action launched against Medibank

Following numerous class action investigations, a compensation claim has officially been launched against Medibank...

01 December 2022

By Lauren Croft

Debunking common myths of compensation law

As a former nurse now practising as a lawyer, there are numerous things I wish I’d known about compensation law...

10 November 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy