Zlateska v Consolidated Cleaning Services Pty Ltd
[2008] VSCA 85
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…re these are matters relevant to causation and as the Court of Appeal said in Zlateska v Consolidated Cleaning Services Pty Ltd & Anor [2008] VSCA 85 (at paragraph 80 and citing its earlier decision): “In determining whether the act or omission of the employer was a cause of the injury, the employer must take the…
Grech v Orica Australia Pty Ltd & Anor
[2006] VSCA 172
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…or after 20 October 1999 and that such injury is, in its consequences, a serious injury. As Ashley JA said in Grech v Orica Australia Pty Ltd & Anor [2006] VSCA 172 (at paragraph 58) a consequence may have a multiplicity of causes, that is personal and work- related stressors may both contribute to a consequence.…
Ansett Australia Ltd v Taylor
[2006] VSCA 171
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…4 (see Exhibit “P1”). 94 Consequently, so the submission went – and in accordance with the dicta of Ashley JA in Ansett & Anor v Taylor [2006] VSCA 171 (at paragraphs 37-40 inclusive) – this stands as a significant but not conclusive admission that such an injury was sustained. In other words, it was open to the d…
Barlow v Hollis
[2000] VSCA 26
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…s the use of psychotropic medication. 99 As to what constitutes “severe” mental disturbance, the authorities (such as Humphries v Poljak [1992] 2 VR 129 and Mobilio v Balliotis [1998] 3 VR 833) clearly accept that “severe” connotes something more than “serious” under the Act. 100 In this case the pain and s…