Independent Contractor / labour hire – duty of care and contributory negligence
Pocock v Citi-Steel Pty Ltd QDC 81 Rafter J The parties agreed on damages ($160,000.00) but disputed liability for…...
Category: Labour hire & host employer
Credit – refugee, language & other barriers
Baig v AWX Pty Ltd & Anor QSC 325 The plaintiff worked via the first defendant’s labour hire company…...
Worker obtains trial costs but did not beat his WCRA mandatory offer
Paskins v Hail Creek Coal Pty Ltd & Anor (No 2) QSC 213 McMeekin J Further to the trial…...
WCRA: host employment & the outer reaches of temporary abrogation of employment
Paskins v Hail Creek Coal Hire Pty Ltd & Anor QSC 190 McMeekin J The plaintiff suffered personal injuries…...
WCRA: Far-reaching duty of care for fatigue management – even for independent contractors
Kerle v MB Alliance Coal Operations Pty Limited & Ors QSC 304 The decision of McMeekin J is of…...
WCRA: defective instructions only causative of harm, if the worker would have acted differently
Thomas v Trades & Labour Hire Pty Ltd (in liq) & Anor QCA 332 Morrison and Philippides JJA and…...
WCRA: rear end collision on mine site – following truck’s claim dismissed
House v Anglo Coal (Callide Management) Pty Ltd & Anor QDC 303 Dorney QC DCJ The plaintiff was injured…...
WCRA: amendments to Byrne indemnity decision defeated
Further to the earlier post regarding the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation (National Injury Insurance Scheme) Amendment Bill 2016 and the…...
WCRA: nil foreseeability & causation in crush work accident
Thomas v Trades and Labour Hire Pty Ltd QSC 264 The plaintiff was employed by the first defendant labour…...
Employer escapes liability for contractor negligence
Wormleaton v Thomas & Coffey Limited (No 4) NSWSC 260 Before: Campbell J …...