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Section 556 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) legislates the priority of certain payments in the winding up of a company. Section 561 of the Act provides that employee entitlement claims in a winding up have priority over circulating security inter...
On 19 January 2024, the Personal Injury Commission published its decision in RACQ Insurance v BRT [2023] NSWPIC 672.
On 15 December 2023, the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 made a number of changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 and the functions of the Fair Work Commission.
On 22 December 2023, the Personal Injury Commission published its decision in Zhao v AAI Limited t/as GIO [2023] NSWPICMR 62.
In Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Salucci [2023] NSWSC 1953, the matter before the Supreme Court was the Insurer's application for judicial review of the Review Panel's determination of 24% whole person impairment in respect of the Claimant's phys...
In Insurance Australia trading as NRMA Insurance v Liu [2023] NSWSC 1604, the matter before the Supreme Court was the insurer's application for judicial review of the President's Delegate's decision to refer a medical assessment to a review panel.
It is now increasingly common in proceedings in Australia for parties to rely on historical website pages sourced from the Wayback Machine as evidence of what was shown on the particular website at a point in time relevant to the proceeding. In parti...
On 15 December 2023, the Personal Injury Commission (PIC) released its decision in Dokoza v AAI Limited t/as GIO [2023] NSWPICMP 626. The Claimant was involved in a motor vehicle accident on 2 September 2020.
In Vicinity Centres PM Pty Ltd v Melek Arik & Ors, a majority of the Victorian Court of Appeal has recently held that the individual and collective skill and expertise of trained medical practitioners appointed to an independent Medical Panel in inte...