On 2 March 2016 the Registrar of the Workers Compensation Commission, Rod Parsons, told the 4th Annual Personal Injury Conference his views on fall-out from the Presidential decision of Sabanayagem v St George Bank Limited [2016] NSW WCCPD 3 (21 January 2016). READ IN FULL
There have been two contrary arbitral decisions since the decision of Sabanayagam v St George Bank Limited [2016] NSW WCC PD 3 (21 January 2016). Firstly, in Goncalves v Menzie Port Jackson II Pty Limited (22 February 2016) Senior Arbitrator Snell considered a situation where a worker had been transitioned on 3 September 2013, with READ IN FULL
On 21 January 2016 Deputy President Kevin O’Grady delivered a Decision in Sabaneyagam v St George Bank Limited [2016] NSW WCC PD 3. The short facts are that the worker was in receipt of weekly payments following a Work Capacity Decision dated 24 September 2014 that she had no current work capacity, before liability READ IN FULL
