Hall Payne wins ‘rare’ reinstatement for unfairly dismissed worker with 37 years’ service
Our client, Peter Brain, started working at Hobart Zinc Smelter now operated by Nyrstar when he was 20 years old. For over 37 years he worked hard in various roles, with…
Medical treatment – is it always necessary?
Health providers have a duty to exercise reasonable care and skill when providing advice and treatment to patients. The duty of care extends to the examination, diagnosis and treatment of…
Informed consent- a duty to warn
Health providers have a duty to exercise reasonable care and skill when providing advice and treatment. This duty extends to the examination, diagnosis and treatment of a patient and the…
Medical appointments at the request of your employer: your rights and obligations
Do I need to attend a medical appointment organised by my employer? Employers will usually ask an employee to undergo a medical examination when: The employee has had a work…
Hall Payne Helps Police Officer with PTSD
Hall Payne recently obtained a favourable Determination from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) for a former Police Officer diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Our client made a claim…
Hall Payne helps deliver a stinging defeat to the Registered Organisations Commission
A recent ruling by the Fair Work Commission’s full bench has seen the Registered Organisation Commission (ROC) given a stinging rebuke and quashed its’ refusal to grant the Queensland Together…
Have a rejected workers’ compensation claim? – You need some legal advice!
The recent decision in Pryszlak v. Workers’ compensation Regulator highlights the need for injured workers’ to obtain sound legal advice from an expert workers compensation lawyer.
Hall Payne Lawyers Restores Ambo’s Reputation And Job
For over 20 years our client dedicated his working life to helping people as an advanced care paramedic, and had been commended for his service. In one vile smear his…
Violence in the workplace
It is a cruel reality that those people whose job it is to help others, are most often the victims of violence in the workplace. Most frontline ambulance and hospital…
Hall Payne recognised among Queensland’s top work injury lawyers
Hall Payne Lawyers has again been recommended among Queensland’s top work injury lawyers, with Hall Payne Principal Cameron Hall named as one of the State’s leading lawyers in the area….
Smith’s liable for compensation for multiple injuries as HPL client wins against snackfood giant
Our client sought compensation for multiple injuries sustained at work after being crushed by an automated-robotic arm. Smith’s claimed that a latent defect was responsible and denied liability. This was…
Hall Payne secures win for rigger following serious neck injury
Mark was an experienced rigger working for a crane, rigging and hoists business in Queensland. Mark’s leading hand directed him to assist loading a portion of tower crane on to…