Haddad v The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd

• 1. Workers Compensation
  2. › Disease injury
  3. › Disease contracted by gradual process
  4. › Deemed date of injury
  5. › Whether determination of which deeming limb applies turns on existence of incapacity as question of fact or on formulation of claim
  6. › Whether abandonment of weekly compensation claim alters deemed date of injury
  7. › Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), s 15(1)(a)(i) and (ii)
• 1. Workers Compensation
  2. › Claims and proceedings
  3. › Time within which claim must be made
  4. › Limitation period
  5. › Whether claim for medical treatment expenses time-barred where deemed date of injury was date of incapacity
  6. › Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW), s 261
• 1. Statutes
  2. › Interpretation
  3. › Workers compensation legislation
  4. › Purposive construction
  5. › Limitations of purposive approach where legislation strikes balance between competing interests
  6. › Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), s 15

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