NSW workers’ compensation reform robs workers on their knees

The NSW government’s recently floated workers’ compensation reforms do not support injured workers and, instead,...

03 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

High Court rules that ‘sham’ terminations can cause psychiatric injury, overturning century-old law

A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’...

11 December 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

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

Personal injury: An ‘ever-growing area of law’

From insurance sector updates to the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), there has perhaps never been a greater...

09 June 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Sparke Helmore appoints workers’ compensation partner

Sparke Helmore Lawyers has announced the appointment of Arelene Lowry, who has joined the firm’s insurance statutory...

25 July 2022

By Jess Feyder

WorkCover claims continue to rise, new research reveals

Despite thousands still working from home, WorkCover claims have increased significantly in the last two years,...

24 February 2022

By Lauren Croft

Workers’ comp claims expected to cost government $638m

Whilst employers have a duty of care for their employees and to maintain a safe workplace, the number of people...

26 November 2021

By Lauren Croft