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Woodroofe and Comcare (Compensation) [2024] AATA 3611. Key Points: The applicant made claims for psychological injury as a result of what the applicant claimed to be a series of workplace “bullying” events. Liability to the claims was declined on the basis that the condition arose out of reasonable administrative action, and the Tribunal affirmed […]
Covill v WorkCover Queensland [2022] QSC 171 Background Atlas People Pty Ltd, a chef recruitment and labour hire company, employed chefs to work on short and long-term assignments in different parts of Australia. Ms Covill, a chef by trade, was employed by Atlas to first work on assignment in Batemans Bay in New South Wales. On […]
Ellison and Comcare [2022] FCA 95. Key Points: The Federal Court was asked to decide whether the Administrative Appeals Tribunal had erred in finding that it had no jurisdiction to consider a claim for workers’ compensation for Mr Ellison’s underlying degenerative disease of the spine. The Federal Court found there had been an error […]
Snook and Comcare [2022]. Key Points: The Tribunal was asked to consider liability for a psychological condition, claimed to have been sustained in the workplace by an Australian Federal Police Officer. The Tribunal found that the psychological condition did not meet the definition of Injury as it was suffered as a result of reasonable […]
Wuth and Comcare [2022] FCAFC 42. Key Points: Ms Wuth appealed a decision of the Tribunal, which found than she had not suffered an injury within the meaning of the SRC Act because there had been no identifiable physiological change evident. The Full Court of the Federal Court stated that it was unnecessary […]
