An employer’s duty of care to its employees is greater when there is an obvious risk of psychological or physical injury due to the nature of the work and/or the working environment.
If you’ve lodged a WorkCover claim in Victoria and it’s been rejected, it’s important to know why the insurer may have denied your claim. In this article, we explore some of the primary reasons a [...]
If you have made a Victorian workers’ compensation claim following an injury you sustained at work, you may have a Medical Panel involved at some point during your claim.
In February 2021, Better Safer Care Victoria provided a report on “sentinel events”; incidents in which a person receiving healthcare died or was seriously harmed.
We review a case where Polaris Lawyers was able to resolve the client’s common law claim for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident without the need to go to court; achieving a [...]
