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Healthcare outcomes can vary dramatically when you compare rural hospitals to those in the city. Wards in remote and regional areas face unique challenges, including fewer specialist services, workforce shortages and patients with specific health concerns. Research from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare revealed that people in locations outside major cities often suffer poorer health than their metropolitan

An intentional act of violence which is inflicted by a person which involves direct, intentional or wilful invasion of the physical or mental capacity of that person is called an intentional tort. The three major intentional torts are assault, battery and false imprisonment. The rationale behind intentional torts is that the wrongdoer must compensate the victim for the infliction of

Our client is Mr Z of Bathurst who decided to conduct a total and permanent disablement (TPD) claim on the basis that he is no longer able to work as a result of arthritis.  At the onset of his condition he was working and aged in his fifties, and subsequently stopped work as a result.  Seeing that he has a policy of

Stress in the workplace is often unavoidable, and it can have a harmful effect equivalent to a physical injury. Workers’ compensation exists to provide financial support to employees forced to take time off from their jobs due to physical injuries, but can it help you if you have to miss days due to stress, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder or

Can I contest a will if someone with power of attorney abuses their responsibilities?

The plaintiff, Nicholas Cowap, sued out of time for provision from the estate of his late adoptive father.