We’re excited to share the June 2025 edition of the Melino Legal Quarterly Newsletter! As a specialised legal practice, we provide clear, practical advice in compensation, workplace, liability, and insurance matters. This quarter’s newsletter offers critical updates and analyses from recent South Australian legal proceedings.
This edition covers significant changes and case law, designed to help employers and insurers navigate the evolving legal landscape.
- Important updates on the upcoming Third Edition of the Impairment Assessment Guidelines.
- Key takeaways from Smout v RTWSA regarding impairment assessment methodology.
- Jurisdictional insights from Mujakovic v Helping Hand Aged Care Inc.
- Discussion on the refusal to produce surveillance footage in Paech (nee Longford) v Dept for Education.
- Causation principles in work injury cases, highlighted in Brown v RTWSA.