Personal Injury NSW: Quarterly Case Update Series
Make it easy on yourself to stay up to date on the latest developments in personal injury law with a curated list of key cases, in-depth analysis of the key facts in each, and a breakdown of the potential impact on your clients and your practice. All the important cases, all the important takeaways, all in one hour. Lock in both quarterly updates at a discounted price to ensure you stay at the cutting edge all year or book an individual session.
Description
Attend and earn 2 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
Session 1
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Personal Injury NSW: Quarterly Update – July
This highly anticipated webinar will analyse key cases, their facts and the critical takeaways, including:
- The proper construction of s.39 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987
- Hochbaum v RSM Building Services Pty Ltd; Whitton v Technical and Further Education Commission t/as TAFE NSW [2020] NSWCA 113
- Examination of the power for Claims Assessors in DRS to award costs to claimants in excess of the amount fixed by the regulations in exceptional circumstances in miscellaneous disputes under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017
- AAI Ltd trading as GIO v Moon [2020] NSWSC 714
- Complex liability issues arising when employees are injured or die whilst working from home
- Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer v Hill [2020] NSWCA 54
- The complete defence of obvious risk in the situation of injury sustained falling from a horse when the horse was spooked by loud noises at the Wagga Wagga show
- Menz v Wagga Wagga Show Society Inc [2020] NSWCA 65
Presented by Sarah Warren, Barrister, 9 Windeyer Chambers
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Session 2
Thursday, 22 October 2020
10.00am to 11.00am: Personal Injury NSW: Quarterly Update – October
- The latest on dangerous recreational activities under section 5L of Civil Liability Act (Singh v Lynch)
- Ongoing difficulties with MAS medical assessors determining causation under the Motor Accidents Compensation Act (Slade v Insurance Australia Ltd and Wharram v CIC Allianz Insurance Ltd)
- Administrative challenge to minor injury determination under Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 ( Briggs v IAG Ltd)
- Garling J on setting aside subpoenas (SL v Catholic Diocese of Lismore)
- The latest Supreme Court administrative decisions on CARS exemptions and false or misleading statements (IAG Ltd v Abdelrazek and IAG Ltd v Xie)
- Aggregation of WPI for diseases under section 322 of Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (Anshaw v Woolstar Pty Ltd )
Presented by Tim Concannon, Partner, Carroll and O’Dea Lawyers
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Presenters
Sarah was admitted to practice in 2008 and was called to the Bar in 2015. Prior to being called to the Bar, Sarah worked in-house for a national insurer, practicing in insurance litigation. Sarah has experience in defendant and plaintiff personal injury in addition to commercial litigation, insolvency, debt recovery, wills and estates, and property law. Sarah has appeared in numerous jurisdictions from the Local Court through to the Court of Appeal, as well as tribunals such as NCAT and the Workers Compensation Commission. In 2018 Sarah was appointed as a DRS (Dispute Resolution Service) Claims Assessor, a statutory appointment under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017. The Dispute Resolution Service handles claims in relation to motor vehicle accidents occurring after 1 December 2017. In 2019 Sarah was appointed as a CARS Assessor (Claims Assessment and Resolution Services), a statutory appointment pursuant to the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999. Sarah has been involved in NSW Young Lawyers since 2009. Sarah was the Chair of the NSW Young Lawyers Civil Litigation Committee from 2015-2017 and an Executive Councillor between 2015 and 2017. Sarah was also a member of the Law Society Injury Compensation Committee in 2011 and 2012 and a member of the NSW Bar Association Common Law Committee between mid 2015 to mid 2018. Sarah is currently a member of the NSW Bar Association Diversity and Equality Committee.
Tim Concannon qualified with his Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws through Macquarie University in 1989. He was then admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in November 1989. After admission to practice in 1989, Tim Concannon had four years’ experience with a large country firm (Lyons Barnett Kennedy) in the areas of litigation and dispute resolution. Tim joined Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers in 1994 and became a partner in 2001. Tim has been a Law Society Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law since 2000 and an Assessor with the Claims Assessment and Resolution Service (CARS) since 2004. Tim has also been a member of the Law Society's Injury Compensation Committee since 2008 and was appointed Deputy Chair of this Committee in 2020. He has played a leading role in drafting submissions to government agencies relevant to various areas of personal injury law. On behalf of the Society he devotes a great deal of time to consultation sessions with these same government agencies. He has also appeared on behalf of the Law Society at a number of government inquiries into the functioning of the workers compensation and motor accident schemes. He was listed in the Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession in 2019 as one of the leading practitioners in Australia in the area of motor accidents compensation law.