$1.5M child abuse award encouraging for civil cases
A recent Victorian case in which a man has been awarded more than $1.5 million for school child sex abuse gives real hope to survivors
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Can you claim TPD whilst on WorkCover?
Regular readers of our blog will know that anyone who suffers an incapacity for work as a result of work-related injury will be entitled to
Catholic Church has $30 billion. What about redress?
A recent investigation undertaken by the Age has revealed that the Catholic Church currently owns real estate and other assets in Australia to the estimated
What a $1.3m compo stress payment for teacher Doulis really means
When Victorian schoolteacher Peter Doulis was awarded nearly $1.3m in damages in September, the story attracted star billing in the media. You could almost hear
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