Barry.Nilsson. Lawyers

The Queensland District Court has reduced a worker’s award for future economic loss by 50% to account for pre-existing hip and spine conditions and other significant co-morbidities. In Issue Quantum of damages, specifically, the extent to which the...

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has ruled on further issues arising from its November 2019 judgment in the Queensland floods class action, including the representative plaintiff’s claim for interest on damages for “gratuitous...

Mr Lawrence was subject to sexual, physical and emotional abuse from the age of 8 to 16 as an orphan under the care of the Christian Brothers in Western Australia. Mr Lawrence received an award of damages for negligence causing psychiatric injury...

Two decisions relevant to historical abuse claims were recently handed down. In one, the New South Wales District Court was asked to assess damages where default judgment was entered against the stepfather defendant. In the other, the Victorian Supreme...

A tetraplegic helicopter pilot who successfully established negligence against his employer at trial in 2016 has now been awarded over $5.6 million in damages in a 3 day quantum only trial. In Issue The plaintiff’s life expectancy, economic loss,...

The advent of Covid-19 has seen many changes in the world over and the South Australian workers compensation scheme has not escaped unscathed. Deferral of WPI Assessments Due to the introduction of various social gathering restrictions and social...