Personal Injury Roundup
Issues covered include: Medical Negligence, psychiatric injuries, workers compensation, limitation periods, wrongful death,
Description
Gain a substantial and timely personal injury law overview like no other. You will not need to look any further for the latest updates and legislation. Keep up to date with all the recent developments in the critical areas of personal injury law.
Attend and earn 4 CPD units including:
3 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Professional Skills
Chair: Alexander Ward, Barrister, Edmund Barton Chambers
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Catching Up in Medical Negligence: The Latest in Breach of Duty and Causation
- Review recent cases from around Australia on the ever-complex issues that arise in breach and causation in medical negligence
- Analyse developments and examine disentangling multiple, progressive injuries
Presented by Audrey Bosboom, Barrister, Anthony Mason Chambers
9.50am to 10.35am: The Assessment of Psychiatric Injuries: The Psychiatrist’s Perspective
- The validity and reliability of DSM 5 diagnoses in a medicolegal setting
- Objective indicators of psychiatric dysfunction
- Briefing your expert: how to obtain the most useful report and the best results
- The future of psychiatric evaluations
Presented by Dr Marty Ewer, Psychiatrist
10.35am to 10.50am Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am: Workers Compensation Update
Take an insightful look at the developments in the Preedy decision which deals with a combination of issues arising from the assessment of a worker’s whole person impairment.
Presented by Jodie Bradbrook, Principal, Bradbrook Lawyers
11.35am to 12.20pm: Extending Limitation Periods in Personal Injuries
- Historical perspective
- Limitations of Actions Act 1936
- Case studies
Presented by Anthony Kerin, Partner, Grope Hamilton Lawyers
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Wrongful Death Actions
- Understanding Part 5 of the Civil Liability Act 1936 (SA)
- A dependant’s loss of the financial support and services of the deceased
- Analysis of recent cases and developments in loss of dependency claims
- Declarations under the Family Relationships Act 1975 (SA) for a domestic partner of the deceased
- The lawyer’s traditional approach vs the new approach to assessing damages for loss of dependency claims
Presented by Leanne Larosa, Barrister, Mitchell Chambers and Julia Bossert, Director, Vincents’ Forensic Accounting Unit
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Venue
Stamford Plaza Adelaide Hotel
Level 2, 150 North Terrace
Adelaide 5000
SA
Australia