Personal Injury NSW: Quarterly Update – October
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.
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This program is based on NSW legislation
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
Presenters
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.