Appeal to QIRC: Out of time – “Special Circumstances” two-tiered test
Pryszlak v Workers’ Compensation Regulator QSC 286 McMeekin J The applicant sought to claim workers’ compensation for a hand…...
Category: Personal Injuries – QIRC
Causal test for Comcare reasonable management action
Comcare v Martin HCA 43 I refer you to the judgment summary which states the facts. The High Court…...
QIRC: Leave of the employer to be heard – no when the worker is appealing
Brisbane City Council v Gillow & Simon Blackwood (Workers’ Compensation Regulator) ICQ 7 There has been some uncertainty as…...
WCRA: assaulted while sleeping – significant contributing factor for employment
Simon Blackwood (Workers’ Compensation Regulator) v Civeo Pty Ltd and Anor ICQ 001 Martin J, President. Mr Cumbers (second…...
WCRA: Defining the relevant work activity all important
Blackwood v Ziebarth ICQ 005 Further to the earlier post the appeal was dismissed. Martin J, President The respondent…...
Workers’ compensation appeal procedures changed in the Q.I.R.C
The process for appeals in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (Q.I.R.C) for workers’ compensation appeals has changed (effective from 1 October…...
WCRA: Lewd covert chesty photos not merely work background or setting
Waugh v Simon Blackwood (Workers’ Compensation Regulator) & Anor ICQ 28 The appellant worked for State Library of Queensland…...
WCRA: Running for the phone out of the shower at home – course of employment
Ziebarth v Simon Blackwood (Workers’ Compensation Regulator) QIRC 121 In determining whether the injury arose of or in the…
WCRA: Downey wrong – ss.131 & 141 & assessment by a doctor
Blackwood v Toward ICQ 008 Martin J, President of the Industrial Court of Queensland has held that the decision…...
Asbestos exposure: lung cancer, smoking and “significant contributing” factor
Estate of Cooper v The Regulator QIRC 38 An interesting decision and application of whether competing significant factors of…...