These blogs are designed to provide you insight and understanding across various areas of law with accessible information on a wide range of topics.
Whether you’re looking to understand the basics, review a case study or stay up to date with the latest news, you’ll find valuable insights here.
A 2024 Queensland tribunal decision reinforces the strict professional boundaries required of health practitioners. In this case review, a chiropractor was found guilty of professional misconduct after engaging in a consensual sexual relationship with a long-term client.
If you are a worker, you may have questions about the nature and extent of your employer’s obligation to provide PPE, including who it applies to, how it might apply in different employment arrangements, and the consequences of non-compliance.
Whether you’re an employer looking to implement a policy or an employee wondering about your rights in relation to workplace drug and alcohol testing, here’s everything you need to know.
In this article, we consider a 2024 Magistrates Court (VIC) decision where it was found that an employee had worked unreasonable hours. The employer was liable for contravening the Fair Work Act and was ordered to pay the employee compensation as well as imposing penalty fines upon the employer.
If you sustain a musculoskeletal injury in the workplace, whilst your health and wellbeing come first, it is also important to be aware of your workers’ compensation rights and entitlements.
If you’re an injured Queensland worker with an accepted workers’ compensation claim and you receive a Notice of Assessment, it is important to understand your rights and entitlements associated with that notice.
Are you part of a group of people who have experienced harm or wrongdoing from the same source and that may entitle you to compensation? If so, a class action could be the perfect way to seek justice without the financial burden or risk of taking on the case individually.
When a subcontractor’s employee is hurt on site, does the principal contractor bear any responsibility? In a Court of Appeal decision, the limits of a principal contractor’s duty of care were tested. This case offers valuable insights into workplace injury claims, appeals, and risk allocation on construction sites.
In June 2025, we assisted an electrician in NSW who had been denied a contractor’s licence. With our assistance, our client obtained a great outcome and was ultimately granted a licence with minimal conditions.
We assisted our client with three separate TPD claims over six years ago. At that time, two of the claims were accepted with one being declined in 2019. After 5 years and a request for review, we secured a successful outcome of the third claim.
Case review – Hall Payne Lawyers is delighted to have assisted a first-time father to recover his entitlement to paid parental leave as a primary carer and non-birth parent.
Construction sites expose workers to many potential hazards, including those related to manual handling, working at heights, interacting with electrical systems and operating near large moving machinery. For those injured on the job, worker’s compensation is a vital safeguard which can provide essential support and financial relief.
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