Workers Compensation Roundup: Your Ultimate Guide
Issues covered include: legislation update, the definition of injury, psychiatric injury claims
Description
Reinvigorate and reignite your knowledge and learning with insights from our panel of expert workers compensation practitioners – in this seminar, you will examine medical issues within the context of personal injury, and catch up on the latest workers compensation cases, legislative developments, and trends, including analysis of key workers compensation decisions and recent changes.
Attend and earn 4 points in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
Chair: Stephen Williams, Partner, Kott Gunning, Best Lawyer 2018, Insurance Law
9.00am to 10.00am: Workers Compensation Case and Legislative Update – An Essential Guide
Presented by Neil Morrissey, Barrister, Albert Wolff Chambers, Preeminent Insurance and Personal Injury Barrister, Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2018
10.00am to 11.00am: Heart Attacks, Strokes and the Definition of Injury – Sharpen your Toolkit
- The definition of Injury under the Worker’s Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981
- Does employment have to be a contributing factor?
- How have the courts dealt with the issues?
- Case studies and examples
Presented by Tony Basile, Partner, SRB Legal
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: Issue Estoppel in Personal Injury: Is Kuligowski [2001] HCA Dissolving or Diluting?
- A recent FCAFC decision may require a closer consideration of Kuligowski. Hear from counsel who presented argument in Kuligowski.
Presented by Brian Nugawela, Barrister, Sir Clifford Grant Chambers
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Causation in Psychiatric Injury Claims
- What are the causes of workplace psychiatric injury claims?
- Employment to be a contributing factor and contribute to a ‘significant degree’
- The difficulty of perception versus reality
- Excluded causes
- Onus of proof
Presented by Mark Civitella, Partner, Mills Oakley, Best Lawyer 2018, Insurance Law
Venue
Parmelia Hilton
Level 1, Meeting Room, 14 Mill Street
Perth 6000
WA
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - The Esplanade Station
Bus Interchange - St Georges Terrace Cloisters Green
Parking information
Parmilia Hilton - Valet Parking only - Click here to view rates.
Convention Centre - 100 metres from Parmelia Hilton. Click here to view rates.