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It’s official: HBA among WA’s best insurance firms
October 14, 2020
Well-respected Doyle’s Guide has announced the leading defendant insurance lawyers and law firms in Western Australia for 2020, with HBA Legal appearing across four key categories. Lawyers, barristers and firms are awarded based on feedback from industry peers, clients and relevant industry bodies. HBA has been named among the top law firms in the following defendant […]
Top honours for team HBA: Doyle’s Guide 2018
October 31, 2018
HBA’s Ruth Slater and Dr Andrew Lu OAM have been named two of WA’s best lawyers in the newly released Doyle’s Guide 2018. Lawyers, barristers and firms are awarded based on feedback from industry peers, clients and relevant industry bodies. HBA has been named among the top law firms in the following categories: Leading Workers’ […]
New costs item for section 92(f) agreements in Western Australia: Contentious Business indeed
July 6, 2018
The latest Legal Profession (Supreme and District Courts) (Contentious Business) Report 2018 was published in the Government Gazette on 21 June 2018 and contains an important update relevant to the WA Workers’ Compensation Scheme. “New” Item 37 The Legal Profession (Supreme and District Courts) (Contentious Business) Determination 2018 (“Supreme Court Scale”) introduces item 37, which […]
Reasonable administrative action in the face of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
September 15, 2016
DNJN and Comcare [2015] AATA 928 (2 December 2015) Key Points Whether aggravation of chronic fatigue syndrome was suffered as a result of reasonable administrative action taken in a reasonable manner in respect of DNJN’s employment, pursuant to the exclusionary provisions in subsection 5A(1) of SRC Act. Background DNJN was employed in the Australian Public […]
Flight attendant’s injury following Los Angeles arrest for sexual assault ‘arose out of employment’
August 29, 2016
Colin Harvey v Simon Blackwood (Workers’ Compensation Regulator) & Qantas Airways Limited [2016] ICQ 014 Key Points The Claimant succeeded in his claim for workers’ compensation against Qantas after he developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following his arrest for an alleged sexual assault on a co-worker. This decision confirms Queensland’s test of when a […]
Reasonableness of Medical Expenses – What to Consider
January 28, 2016
Reasonableness of Medical Expenses – What to Consider
Spotless Group Limited v Piggott [2015] WADC 13
December 15, 2015
Spotless Group Limited v Piggott [2015] WADC 13
Integrated Fuel Services Pty Ltd v Wilkinson [2015] WADC 140
December 15, 2015
Integrated Fuel Services Pty Ltd v Wilkinson [2015] WADC 140
Chapels on Whatley v Bedford [2015] WADC 129
December 15, 2015
Chapels on Whatley v Bedford [2015] WADC 129
White; Ex Parte Cunningham – Decision of Supreme Court of Western Australia delivered 21 September 2015
October 14, 2015
White; Ex Parte Cunningham – Decision of Supreme Court of Western Australia delivered 21 September 2015