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"I Know What I'm Worth" – Why That's Rarely True In Queensland Injury Claims
Personal injury damages in Queensland are governed by detailed and restrictive legislation.
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Liebert V Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2025] NSWPIC 458 – Clarifying The Definition Of "Motor Accident"
The case demonstrates that not every injury sustained in that context will be considered a "motor accident" for the purposes of accessing statutory benefits.
Carroll & O'Dea
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Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v Bell [2025] NSWCA 187 – Court of Appeal clarifies Review Panel's role in psychological injury claims
This decision is an important reinforcement of several principles that protect injured people in complex factual scenarios.
Carroll & O'Dea
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Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v Moore [2025] NSWPICMP 557 – when pre-existing psychological injuries affect whole person impairment
In Allianz v Moore [2025], the Commission held that only psychological impairments exceeding 10% WPI qualify for common law damages.
Carroll & O'Dea
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How is relative culpability assessed when one party disobeys the road rules?
McCabes
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When (and how) obesity can be a compensable injury in NSW workers compensation — and what that means for WPI
Carroll & O'Dea
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Supreme Court Of NSW Allows Limitations Defence And Refuses Extension Of Time Application
Barry Nilsson
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Abawi applied - Injury to skin a threshold injury
McCabes
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Tick Tock, Time Is Up – Or Is It? NSW Supreme Court Refuses Extension Of The Limitation Period For Medical Negligence Claim
Gilchrist Connell
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Case Summary: Stewart V Metro North Hospital And Health Service [2025] HCA 34 – The High Court Reframes Reasonableness In Damages
Carroll & O'Dea
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Case summary: Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v Mataraci [2025] NSWPICMP 536 – What factors are relevant to whether treatment is "reasonable and necessary"?
Carroll & O'Dea
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"It wasn't negligent driving. I had to swerve to avoid an unidentified vehicle" – which case won?
Stacks Law Firm
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Evic applied – How to assess contributory negligence in a chain collision
McCabes
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Case summary: Ganeson v Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2025] NSWPIC 55 – Nutritional supplements as "medical treatment" under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017
Carroll & O'Dea
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Dealmaking in Australia: the current state of play and the impact of regulation
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
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Immigration And Australian Federal Election Campaign Promises
Interstaff Immigration Agency
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Employing Work And Holiday Makers Beyond Six Months | Staying Compliant
Interstaff Immigration Agency
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New English Requirements For Visas
Interstaff Immigration Agency
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Ready Or Not, Here They Come: The Victorian Psychosocial Regulations And Compliance Code Explained
K&L Gates LLP
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Injury sustained on bus not sustained in a "Motor Accident"
To constitute a "motor accident" there must be both a temporal connection & a causal connection between the injury & use or operation of the motor vehicle.
McCabes
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Suppression of a clinician's identity: a comparison between the United Kingdom and Australia
This article considers the background to Abassi & Haastrup, the subsequent appeals and the ultimate findings of the Supreme Court of England.
Barry Nilsson
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Reasoning about reasonableness: High Court clarifies the compensatory principle
Court has confirmed that assessing reasonableness of home care is not to be done as a simple cost–benefit analysis, and the injured plaintiff's wishes will be afforded significant weight.
Barry Nilsson
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Local council not liable for injuries to child who fell from cliff
Reminder: in assessing a breach of duty of care, a court weighs the burden of avoiding harm across similar situations, not just the specific one in dispute.
Barry Nilsson
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Case summary: El-Kazzi v Insurance Australia Limited t/as NRMA Insurance [2024] NSWPICMP 591 (21 August 2024) – were medical treatments reasonable and necessary?
Carroll & O'Dea
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Reasonableness and the right to care in your own home Stewart v Metro North Hospital and Health Services [2025] HCA 34
Gilchrist Connell
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Catastrophic injury claims: a new twist in claims inflation
Kennedys
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Removalist services are not an "everyday task"
McCabes
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New Personal Injury Notice of Claim Forms Now in Force
Roche Legal
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Reviewing the (narrow) role of the review panel
McCabes
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When is a finding of 100% contributory negligence justified in a single vehicle accident?
McCabes
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Phothisenh v AAI Limited t/as AAMI [2025] NSWPIC 338 – private school transport recognised as "treatment and care" under the MAIA
Carroll & O'Dea
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Claiming Damages After Missing the 6-Month WorkCover Deadline
Roche Legal
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Bicyclist found wholly at fault
McCabes
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When is a finding of 100% contributory negligence justified in a single vehicle accident?
PIC held that single-vehicle drivers are only wholly at fault in the worst cases - in recent case speeding made the claimant mostly at fault. Discusses this case.
McCabes
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Phothisenh v AAI Limited t/as AAMI [2025] NSWPIC 338 – private school transport recognised as "treatment and care" under the MAIA
Claim for school transport may fall within the statutory definition of "treatment and care" under section 1.4 of the MAIA.
Carroll & O'Dea
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Claiming Damages After Missing the 6-Month WorkCover Deadline
Missing the 6-month deadline doesn't automatically mean the end of the road.
Roche Legal
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Bicyclist found wholly at fault
PIC held cyclist wholly at fault for a collision with a car, finding his contributory negligence was 100% - disentitling him to ongoing statutory benefits.
McCabes
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Case summary: Ioannidis v Carretero [2025] NSWDC 258 – Dog attacks, psychological harm, and the limits of statutory compensation under the Companion Animals Act 1998 (NSW)
Carroll & O'Dea
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Case summary: Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v Yangzom [2025] NSWCA 104 – pain, injury and the limits of medical review under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW)
NSW Court of Appeal ruled that pain alone does not prove injury, upholding a medical assessor's decision in Allianz v Yangzom.
Carroll & O'Dea
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What factors are relevant to whether treatment is reasonable & necessary?
In recent case the PIC Review Panel ruled the accident materially caused the need for spinal surgery, which was reasonable & necessary.
McCabes
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Double dismissal: Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia rejects appeal and cross-appeal in Ruby Princess class action
This case demonstrates the potential breadth of protection afforded under the ACL and the courts' willingness to enforce those protections.
Barry Nilsson
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Review panel finds rotator cuff tear sustained during treatment is a non-threshold injury
A treatment-related rotator cuff tear was ruled a non-threshold injury linked to a motor accident, as it wasn't caused by gross negligence.
McCabes
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Beyond soft tissue: a claimant's victory in establishing a non-threshold lumbar injury in Farsad v QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited [2025] NSWPICMP 311
Carroll & O'Dea
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Case summary: Nelson v Insurance Australia Limited t/as NRMA Insurance [2025] NSWPICMP 380 – the burden of proof lies with the claimant – but what does that mean in practice?
Carroll & O'Dea
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Can treatment & care be found on the Uber App?
McCabes
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Case summary: Ellis v AAI Ltd t/as GIO [2025] NSWPIC 162 – when renovations count as treatment and care
Carroll & O'Dea
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Case Summary: Forrest V QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited [2025] NSWPIC 206 – Dog Walking Is An Attendant Care Service
Carroll & O'Dea
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Most at fault? Can't get no (reasonable) satisfaction...
McCabes
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Contributory negligence in NSW dependency and mental harm claims
Carroll & O'Dea
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The commission has no power to pre-approve treatment
McCabes
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Not Foreseeable: Roadside Phone Calls From Accident Scene Not Causative Of Psychiatric Injury
Barry Nilsson
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Case summary: Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v Estate of the Late Summer Abawi [2025] NSWCA 85 – When is a skin injury a ‘threshold injury'? NSW Court of Appeal provides clarity
Carroll & O'Dea
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Same but different? Liability in statutory benefits versus liability in a claim for damages
McCabes
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Changes coming to NSW workers compensation for psychological injuries
Stacks Law Firm
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TPD benefit paid out five years after initially being denied
Hall Payne Lawyers
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The Hidden Financial Risks of Making a Personal Injury Claim
Roche Legal
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No liability for work colleagues' psychiatric injury as a result of witnessing the aftermath of an attempted suicide
Barry Nilsson
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