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A tribunal full bench has rejected a worker's claim that a judge erroneously created his own theory about her illness, in her appeal against a ruling that her various work-related musculoskeletal injuries did not cause her to develop a movement disorder.

A local council failed to comply with its legislative duty to properly review an injured worker's medical records, or consult his doctor, when preparing a return-to-work plan for him, a tribunal has ruled.

An employer that obtains a special "benefit" from an employee's otherwise routine journey from home to work isn't necessarily liable if the employee is injured in an accident along the way, a tribunal has found.

A tribunal president has warned that "intolerable" wait times for specialist medical appointments are having a major adverse impact on workers' compensation disputes and systems, and referred the matter to a government minister.

A worker's noise-induced hearing loss resulted from duties requiring her to regularly leave her laboratory and walk past noisy equipment, a tribunal has found.

Individuals and businesses have been warned against rorting the injury compensation system, after a worker was handed a suspended prison sentence in one of a string of recent cases targeting fraudsters.

The injuries sustained by a worker at an alcohol-fuelled work Christmas party occurred in the course of her employment and not during a "social" activity, an appeals bench has ruled in rejecting a regulator's bid to block her claim.

A full bench majority has upheld a ruling that 17 years of "repetitive work" by a worker was the most probable cause of the acceleration of her neck condition, rejecting her employer's appeal against the "intuitive reasoning" decision.

A worker who aggravated his pre-existing leg fracture while walking at work has lost his renewed bid for compensation, with an appeals bench confirming he failed to show his employment made a "meaningful" contribution to his condition.

A tribunal has upheld an electrician's noise-induced hearing loss claim, after finding his last place of employment was unable to prove it was not responsible.