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• Legal profession

  Flogged employee wins appeal against Woolies’ attrition

  An Eritrean migrant injured in the course of order picking duties at the Fresh Foodies’ Larapinta distribution centre has defeated his employer’s security for costs application and set up an appeal as the final chapter in his…

  28 September 2016
• Litigation & law practice

  Woolies pinged on “unlawful” hold out to injured worker’s $750k lawsuit

  A night-filler who injured his back from continuous awkward motions required of his role over the entire period of employment has succeeded in striking out a retail giant’s argument that may have sunk his claim.

  29 June 2015
• Litigation & law practice

  Food people just too fresh: court checks out assessment manipulation at damages gateway

  Woolworths took no umbrage at a compensation claim arising out of the conduct of the butchery at its Ayr supermarket until it was made clear that the event for which damages were being sought was exposure to working practices…

  1 April 2013
• Litigation & law practice

  Court raps WorkCover over "offensive" point taking in psych injury assessment

  During the course of a statutory compensation process for a tennis elbow injury arising in the course of host employment over a period of six months in 2007 at Vinidex on Townsville's outskirts, WorkCover personnel surmised…

  31 March 2013

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