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Hicksons is proud to be selected for inclusion in icare’s new legal service provider panel for workers compensation claims. The new panel combines work across icare’s two workers compensation schemes.
2020 has been a year of ”big hits” in the dangerous recreational activity space. It has also been in a year in which our sportsmen have featured in the evening news, often for their off‑field behaviour. The recent news that former England Rugby international, 42 year old Steven Thompson, has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, and is involved in a potential class action in relation to the repetitive head trauma he says gave rise to his condition; has sent shock waves through the sporting world.
On 2 December 2020, the Supreme Court of NSW – Court of Appeal, delivered judgment in the matter of Roude v Helwani [2020] NSWCA 310 and, in a decision that is important to the ability of builders and contractors to pursue claims over amounts in smaller jurisdictions, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that it is not necessary to incur the costs of obtaining an expensive independent expert report in order to succeed in a claim in quantum meruit.
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