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BTLawyers features in Doyles Guide’s Leading Lawyers for 2016
Here at BTLawyers we take the words 'leading law firm' seriously. Which is why we're thrilled to be featured in the 2016 Doyles Guide to leading workers compensation law firms [...]
Are your staff policies up to scratch? Lessons from some recent Fair Work Commission decisions.
By John Salter This article first appeared in Beef Central on 28 October 2016 As an employer, are your policy and process documents really up to scratch when it comes [...]
Kerrie Jackson appointed Equity Partner at BTLawyers
We're excited to announce that Insurance lawyer Kerrie Jackson has been appointed as the first female Equity Partner of BTLawyers.
Criminal Conduct Of Employees And Vicarious Liability
What Prince Alfred College Incorporated v ADC tells employers about vicarious liability. The High Court's recent view on the vicarious liability of employers for the criminal conduct of employees will [...]
Media Release: BTLawyers launches three new practice areas to boost dispute resolution offering
Specialist insurance legal firm, BTLawyers, has announced the launch of three new practice areas to their Brisbane-based business with the addition of Employment Law, Family Law and Debt Recovery & [...]
Court of Appeal overturns Cocaine Smuggler’s Award for Slip and Fall in Prison
Readers of our June Newsletter were surprised at a District Court decision which awarded a prisoner over $80,000 for slipping on a “quite inconspicuous” quantity of water. The finding [...]
Denying Damages for Drunkedness
It is no mystery that drinking to excess - intoxication - results in behaviour or actions that one would not ordinarily engage in whilst sober. However, when injury arises out [...]
Amendment to Definition of Worker
Effective 1 July 2013, the definition of “worker” under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 has changed.
Gender Focus
Gender equality within the workplace has recently garnered attention with the Federal Government announcing it will launch an enquiry into the discrimination in the work force directed against women who [...]