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On 26 June 2018, the Insurance Council of Australia (“ICA”) released its Review of the General Insurance Code of Practice final report (“the Final Report”).

Section 59A of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 disentitles workers to ongoing medical or related treatment after they cease to be entitled to weekly payments. However, the recent Presidential decision in Pacific National Pty Limited v Baldacchino [2018] NSWWCCPD 12 puts the operation of that section in a spin with Deputy President Snell determining that a knee replacement is exempt.

The Queensland District Court recently considered the effect of a ‘flood exclusion clause’ arising out of the 2011 Brisbane floods.

In June 2018, the Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017 (“the Bill”) was passed, establishing the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (“the Scheme”).

A new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has commenced in the EU.

Solicitors have long been entitled to assert a lien over a client’s property where the property is held as security, until the client has paid the solicitor’s fees and disbursements.

A simple mistake, or forgetting to lodge even one small document, can have dire consequences for visa applicants.

In the recent case of Weir Services Australia Pty Ltd v AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance [2018] NSWCA 100, the NSW Court of Appeal looked at the meaning of “Occurrence” in a policy wording in the context of the distinction between the damage that occurred and what caused that damage to occur.

Employers need to tread extremely carefully when they suspect an employee may be suffering from a mental illness – acting too hastily, even in compliance with policy, may expose you to a finding of discrimination.

On 8 May 2018, the Foreign Investment Review Board presented their 2016-2017 annual report to the Treasurer.

The Courts continue to be presented with opportunities to consider and apply the relatively new and importantCivil Liability (Third Party Claims Against Insurers) Act 2017 (NSW).

It has long been thought that employers need to spell out in their contracts (or for it to be implied from other clauses) that they have a right to suspend or place an employee on gardening leave.

If a person rolls her/his ankle and a fracture is suspected, the doctor will refer for an X-Ray to confirm.