Interesting Articles

Somebody else will need to be ‘next friend’ or ’litigation guardian’. If the claimant is under legal disability, courts have to approve any settlement or compromise reached.

At Blumers we often deal with complex workplace injuries. The complexity is increased when a worker is injured on a building site. The question then is, who to sue?

The Tasmanian Supreme Court has awarded damages to a plaintiff motorcyclist in the sum of $430,472 after a car crashed into him at a Devonport intersection in 2014.

We frequently talk to people who have slipped on fruit or spills in supermarkets and can offer the some advice if you have the misfortune of going bottoms up in your local supermarket.

Blumers prides itself on its adaptation to new, efficient technologies and was the first firm in the ACT to electronically lodge court documents.

Nouri is a reminder to ACT practitioners that although plaintiffs will typically give evidence in their favour about what they would have done, this is not be determinative.

Silica is contained in natural stone but occurs at a much higher quantity in engineered stone.  Stonemasons and other trades people are working with these products far more frequently than ever before

The ACT worker’s compensation scheme is one of the best in the country. Its primary aim is to get injured workers back to work as quickly as possible.

The Royal Commission has certainly got people talking about some less-than-ideal insurance practices.

If you’ve been in an accident, are injured, laid up in a hospital bed, can’t leave the house, or are out of town, we can come to you.

Workplaces are a mixture of personalities and opinions. This can result in a constructive and diverse work environment, but unfortunately it can also lead to friction.