Workers Compensation - Alternative rights against employer and/or third parties and consequences thereof - Actions for damages against employer - Statutory constraint on actions for damages - Generally - Whether no constraint unless and until compensation claimed - Principal deemed to be employer - Whether cause of action arises despite statutory constraints.
Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Tas), s138AB.
Hewitt v Benale Pty Ltd [2002] WASCA 163; (2002) 27 WAR 91; Swannell v Farmer [1999] 1 VR 267; Bonser v Melnacis [2002] 1 Qd R 1, followed.
Aust Dig Workers Compensation [237]
Case Details
Citation[2005] TASSC 39
CourtTASSC
JurisdictionTasmania
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