These blogs are designed to provide you insight and understanding across various areas of law with accessible information on a wide range of topics.
Whether you’re looking to understand the basics, review a case study or stay up to date with the latest news, you’ll find valuable insights here.
If you're a volunteer for NSW Rural Fire Service, NSW State Emergency Service, Marine Rescue NSW, Surf Life Saving NSW, or NSW Volunteer Rescue Association, you may be entitled to lodge a workers' compensation claim for injuries sustained while volunteering.
If you’re injured at work in Tasmania, you’re entitled to make a claim for a variety of worker’s compensation benefits. In addition to any entitlement to weekly payments (for lost wages) and medical expenses, you may also be entitled to lump sum compensation due to permanent impairment.
In February 2025, Hall Payne secured a significant win in the Supreme Court of Tasmania, when the Court handed down a decision clarifying what the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal must consider when determining whether an employer has a “reasonably arguable case” to dispute a worker’s compensation claim.
Misrepresentation involves providing false or misleading information that induces another party to act, leading to potential harm or loss. In the workplace, misleading and deceptive conduct by employees or employers can lead to financial, professional and legal consequences.
AHPRA regulates all registered health pracitioners in Australia. When someone lodges a complaint or concern with AHPRA, it’s called a notification. This blog is a guide to the first steps a health practitioner should take if they receive a notification from AHPRA.
When a medical professional misdiagnoses a condition or illness, it can have serious repercussions on the patient’s health and well-being, and could pave the way for a medical negligence claim.
A lot of employees ask, ‘can I be defamed during a workplace investigation?’ Most workplace investigations will involve some form of allegation or accusation. Defamation laws exist to protect a person’s reputation, including protection from unfounded accusations.
If you are a health professional or run a business that advertises health services, you must not engage in deceptive and misleading conduct. In this blog, we discuss health professionals’ obligations when it comes to advertising their services or therapeutic goods with a focus on the Australian Consumer Law and the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.
When a person dies, and they had a valid Will, their executor will apply for a Grant of Probate to administer the estate. There can only ever be one original Will and it’s one document required for a Grant of Probate. So, what happens if that original Will is lost or missing?
Being arrested and charged with a criminal offence creates a lot of stress and uncertainty. If you are in this position in NSW, you will no doubt have many questions, which might include: “Will I get bail?”, “Will there be conditions imposed on my bail?” and/or “What can I do if bail is refused?”
When you get injured at work in NSW, you will be required to attend an IME from time to time for both the insurer and/or your legal representative of your worker’s compensation claim.
A genuine redundancy occurs when an employee’s employment is terminated at the employer’s initiative because the employer no longer requires that job to be done by anyone. The exception to this is where the employment ends due to the “ordinary and customary turnover of labour”.
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