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The Electronic Transactions Amendment (COVID-19 Witnessing of Documents) Regulation 2020 (NSW) (The Regulations) came into effect on 22 April 2020. It provides clarity on how certain documents can be witnessed via audio visu...
Part 3 of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (MAIA) includes a system of Weekly Benefits to compensate those injured in motor accidents for their economic loss. In both the First Entitlement Period (the first 13 weeks) and the Second Entitlement Pe...
With the ambition to "keep our economy moving", the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, the Honourable Minister Rob Stokes, has today announced a program to fast-track the planning system and keep construction booming in NSW. While the ...
On 25 March 2020, the NSW Parliament passed the COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Bill 2020 which makes amendments to a suite of NSW legislation in accordance with tightening restrictions on non-essential gatherings and to ...
When does vicarious liability not lie with a worker’s employer? How is negligence assessed for sole-employee companies? Can there be dual vicarious liability? The Court of Appeal addresses these issues in a judgment that considers the assessmen...
Is an occupier of premises liable to indemnify the employer for workers compensation payments as a tortfeasor who, if sued, by the Worker for negligence, would have been liable to pay damages to the Worker? The Court of Appeal answers this question i...
To what extent is a labour-hire employer negligent when its employee is injured on the premises of a ‘host’? Can a liability insurer rely on an employment-related exclusion clause in the policy to deny the occupier indemnity? What is requ...
It is inevitable that many Australian businesses will be either directly or indirectly impacted by COVID-19. This may be due to infected staff, travel and import restrictions, or a lack of customers due to people self-isolating, but it will have the ...
Following a serious accident during a motocross competition event in 2004, a claim was brought against the State of New South Wales (the Office of Sport) as the entity with the statutory obligation to administer the compulsory scheme for licensing al...
