4th Annual Workers Compensation Conference
Hear from Deputy President Michael Snell, WIRO and an esteemed panel of specialists on key developments, legislative amendments and other hot issues facing in workers compensation. You will pick up practical tips to gain an edge for your clients, develop your practice, master rules of evidence in your witness statements, get an update ILARS and WIRO and learn how to avoid ethical pitfalls that can trip up your matters and your practice.
Description
Attend and earn 7 CPD units including:
4 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Professional Skills
1 unit in Practice Management
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This conference was recorded in NSW on 15 November 2018
Session 1
Workers Compensation Legislative Updates and Developments
Chair: Jasmina Mackovic, Partner, Workers Compensation Practice Group Leader, Slater & Gordon
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.25am: Keynote Address
Presented by Deputy President Michael Snell, Workers Compensation Commission
9.25am to 10.20am: INSIGHTS FROM WIRO: Workers Compensation: Key Developments and Legislative Amendments
Catch up on the latest workers compensation cases, legislative developments and trends, including analysis of key workers compensation decisions and recent changes.
Presented by Kim Garling, Workers Compensation Independent Review Officer, Workers Compensation Independent Review Office (WIRO)
10.20am to 11.10am: Motor Accidents in the Course of Employment in Light of the Motor Accidents Injury Act
- How to deal with both Workers Compensation and CTP insurers
- Accidents in the course of employment
- Non-CTP claims
Presented by Michael Stiles, Director, Stiles Lawyers: Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law
11.10am to 11.25am Morning Tea
11.25am to 12.15pm: Workers Compensation and Common Law Claims for Psychiatric or Psychological Injury
- What can and can’t be claimed?
- What are the inherent limitations in these claims?
- How does the finding of Injury in the Workers Compensation Commission affect the bringing of a working damages claim in common law
Presented by Eraine Grotte, Barrister, Jack Shand Chambers
12.15pm to 1.05pm: Right of Recovery from Another Tortfeasor: Section 151Z and Section 59A
- Recent decisions in s151Z
- Impact on Section 39 Amendments
Presented by Matthew Eirth, Barrister, Jack Shand Chambers
1.05pm Q&A
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units for Workers Compensation Practitioners
Chair: Paul Macken, Partner, Leigh Virtue & Associates
Professional Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Mastering Witness Statements in Workers Compensation Matters
- The rules of evidence
- Drafting witness statements
- Drafting affidavits
- Legal professional privilege in relation to expert evidence and expert reports
Presented by Raphael Perla, Barrister, Thirteen Wentworth Selborne
Practice Management & Business Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: ILARS Update
This session will review where the funding scheme is now, 6 years on since its introduction in October 2012, and what practitioners can expect for the future.
Presented by Roshana May, Director, ILARS, Workers Compensation Independent Review Office (WIRO)
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
4.15pm to 5.15pm: How to Ethically Obtain, Prepare and Present Evidence
A practical session addressing the ethical obligations on practitioners when accessing, preparing and disclosing medical information and other evidence, with reference to recent cases and scenarios.
Presented by Rob Taylor, Barrister, Jack Shand Chambers