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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has recently been called on to determine whether a worker's offer to undergo polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing instead of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination was a reasonable alternative to receiving the vaccine. On...
McCabes have been named as finalists in the category of Best Law and Related Services Firm $50M - $200M Revenue in the 2022 Client Choice Awards. &nb...
The Court of Appeal of New South Wales recently upheld a decision of the Supreme Court to set aside a deed under the Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) (the Act) on the basis that it was an unjust contract due to substantive an...
Dodson v Woolworths Group Limited [2022] WASCA 22 was an appeal resulting from a decision reached by an Arbitrator in the Western Australian Workers’ Compensation Arbitration Service. The appellant (Dodson) claimed at the arbitration that she s...
Recently, the High Court of Australia in Walton v ACN 004 410 833 Limited (formerly Arrium Limited) (in liquidation) [2022] HCA 3 ('Walton')...
On Wednesday the High Court delivered two long awaited decisions on determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. The decisions in CFMMEU v Personnel Contracting Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 1 (CFMMEU v Personnel Contra...
Introduction On 8 December 2021 the High Court delivered their decision in Arsalan v Rixon and Nguyen v Cassim. The decisions were appealed from the New South Wales Court of Appeal, and each relate to the situation where an insured driver has caused ...
It is with great pleasure that McCabes announce promotions effective 1 January 2022 across the firm. We wish to congratulate:
Recently, the High Court of Australia in Fairfax Media Publications; Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Australian News Channel Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27, upheld the decision of the NSW Court of Appeal that media and news companies were "publishe...
