Motor Vehicle Injuries: Where Are We Now?
Nearly 12 months to the day– since the introduction of the new Motor Accidents Injury (MAI) Act on 1 December 2017, we have brought together an esteemed panel of presenters to discuss how the Scheme has been operating and tracking from both the Regulator’s and practitioner’s point of view. Discuss proposed legislative changes; hear about the latest technology in crash collision data; and gain, your all-important annual review on recent judicial review, liability and care decisions.
Description
Attend and earn 4 CPD units including:
3.5 units in Substantive Law
0.5 unit in Professional Skills
This seminar was recorded in NSW on 23 November 2018
Chair: Peter Hunt, Partner, McCabe Curwoods; Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law; former author, NSW Motor Accidents Practitioners Handbook in 2001–2016, CCH Australia Limited
9.00am to 9.05 Opening Comments from the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Motor Accidents Injury Act: One Year Out
- Emerging legislative issues
- Problems in practice from a claimant’s perspective
- What will the next year bring?
Presented by Belinda Cassidy, Special Counsel, Stacks Goudkamp
9.50am to 10.35am: VIEW FROM THE REGULATOR: Update from SIRA
- Key changes to the motor accident guidelines
- Scheme monitoring, reporting and insights to date including DRS, litigation and fraud
- The injured person’s experience
Presented by Tina Bidese, Director CTP Claims & Customer Outcomes, State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA)
10.35am to 11.20am: Fraud and Exaggerated Claims: A Practitioner’s Perspective
- Increased claims frequency; why it occurred and its impact on the Scheme
- Lessons learned from abroad
- Particularising fraud and the insurer as a party to proceedings
- Case studies: collusion, enablers and the world’s worst driver
- Do the reforms address the issues?
Presented by Ian Jones, Partner, Sparke Helmore
11.20am to 11.35am Morning Tea
Professional Skills
11.35am to 12.20pm: Collision Data Available from Motor Vehicles
There are now many sources of pre-impact data obtainable from certain motor vehicles that can assist in determining crash causation and blame. Furthermore, the crash pulse may provide an investigator information on the magnitude and direction of force experienced by the occupants. This presentation will include actual cases where such data has been used to prosecute offences including dangerous driving and insurance fraud.
Presented by Mark George, Principal, Accident Investigation Services Pty Ltd
12.20pm to 1.15pm: Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions and a Few Words on Liability
Presented by Dr Keith Rewell SC, Jack Shand Chambers
1.05pm to 1.15pm Q&A and Closing Comments from the Chair