Personal Injury & NDIS

Personal Injury Conference

Issues covered include: civil claims for institutional abuse, NDIS, workers compensation, psychological injury, negligence, Civil Liability Act, ethics, vicarious trauma, expert witnesses.

Personal Injury Conference

Issues covered include: WorkCover, TAC, claims process, redress claims, general damages, damages awards, aggravated damages, my health record, ethics, psychological, psychometric testing, client costs, solicitor costs

Personal Injury Conference

Issues covered include: Civil Liability Act, damages, workers compensation, psychological injury, psychiatric injury, chronic regional pain syndrome, NDIS, NIIS, WorkCover, risk management, personal injury practice, admissibility, expert evidence, ethics, ethical issues

Personal Injury Roundup

Issues covered include: South Australian Employment Tribunal, SAET, worker's compensation, Return to Work Act, institutional abuse, NDIS, personal injury claims, costs for personal injury, motor vehicle accidents

Dealing with Psychiatric Stress Claims

Income Protection, Death and Total Permanent Disability (TPD)

Issues covered include: Insurance Contracts Act, non-disclosure, superannuation disability claims, Centrelink, tax and superannuation implications

Medical Negligence Forum

Issues covered include: Health Practitioners and Hospitals in Investigations and Inquests, Misdiagnosis and Failure to Diagnose, Disciplinary Matters: AHPRA and VCAT, NDIS, Breach of Duty and Causation.

Personal Injury: Workers Compensation and Motor Vehicle Accidents

Issues covered include: scope of employment, permanent impairment, PIRS criteria, workplace injury damages, Motor Accident Injuries Act, Motor Accident Compensation Act, CARS and MAS determinations, psychiatric examinations

WorkCover and TAC Statutory, Serious Injury and Common Law Claims

Issues covered include: TAC, TAC statutory, WorkCover, WorkCover statutory, psych injuries, psychiatric impairment, serious injury, Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, Medical Panel, serious injury applications, damages awards, damages

Workers Compensation Roundup

Issues covered include: case update, legislation update, criminal injuries, impairment assessment, appeals to District Court

Medical Negligence: Current Issues

Issues covered include: inherent risks of treatment, breach of duty and causation, delay, misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, euthanasia, medical products, product liability, class actions, regulatory matters

Medical Negligence Forum Perth

Civil Claims for Institutional Abuse: Key Updates

Issues covered include: National Redress Scheme, Vicarious Liability in Civil Liability Amendment (Organisational Child Abuse Liability) Act, Expert evidence, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Medico-Legal.

Psychiatric and Psychological Injury: WorkCover & TAC Claims

Keep yourself updated on the psychology and the legal trends in psychological and psychiatric injury claims, including bystander PTSD claims. With claims on the rise, understanding both the medicine and the law is essential for all practitioners working in this area. Straddling the medical and legal worlds, this seminar offers a better understanding of how medical professions form their assessments and evaluate claims, and you will gain an update on the Work Accident and TAC claims.

Psychological and Psychiatric Injury Seminar

Keep yourself updated on the psychology and legal trends in psychological and psychiatric injury claims, including somatoform pain disorders and bystander PTSD claims. With claims on the rise, understanding both the medicine and the law is essential for all practitioners working in this area. Straddling the medical and legal worlds, this seminar offers a better understanding of how medical professions form their assessments and evaluate claims, plus gain an update on the common law and workers comp claims.

Psychiatric and Psychological Injury Claims

Issues covered include: Bystander first responder PTSD claims, impairment assessment, work cover, workers compensation, WIRO.

Psychological and Psychiatric Injury Claims

Issues covered include: Case review, current trends, reasonable management action, bullying/harassment, impairment assessments, pain disorders, first responder PTSD claims

Civil Claims for Institutional Abuse: Key Updates

"Issues covered include: the national redress scheme, issues and impact on survivors, medico legal assessments in abuse claims

Contemporary Civil Litigation Workshop

A must attend workshop for civil litigation lawyers at all levels wanting to lift their drafting skills, learn new techniques, gain confidence dealing with experts and get the most out of witnesses and submissions. Accomplished presenter & prominent barrister Robert Cameron will present a unique perspective on how to get it right & how to avoid getting it wrong when preparing effective pleadings, applications, affidavits & submissions & working with lay & expert witnesses in contemporary civil litigation.

9th Annual Asbestos and Related Diseases

There are countless variables in any asbestos or related disease matter involving a range of perspectives that you must know inside and out. Gain a firm grasp of each of these perspectives by going right to the source and hearing from the Honourable Judge Russell, Icare, leading legal experts, and eminent respiratory physician. Join them as they examine new legislation and procedures, the latest compensation claims, critical new medical issues and more.

Workers Compensation: Evidence and Case Preparation Intensive

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to fine tune your evidence gathering and case preparation skills in workers compensation matters with in-depth and interactive workshops and presentations. Featuring expert barristers and lawyers, this comprehensive program will arm you with all the information you need to take your practice to the next level.

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.

Motor Vehicle Injuries Intensive

This intensive will provide an in-depth discussion on the latest in available collision data technology and a special commentary on introducing this evidence. Plus hear a review of liability issues following Berwick v Clark; recent cases on psychological injury in motor vehicle accidents and practical session motor vehicle claims assessment update and ISV assessments.

Income Protection, Death and Total Permanent Disability

Income protection, death and Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) insurances are commonplace cover for many Australians today with TPD being offered at no charge under many superannuation funds. Thus, injured clients may in fact be eligible for compensation under one of these policies in certain circumstances. This seminar will provide practical information to provide an understanding of this important area.

Motor Vehicle Injuries Intensive

This practical Intensive will provide an in-depth discussion on the latest collision data technology available and a special workshop on introducing this evidence. Plus, gain your all-important end-of-year motor vehicle injuries case review to ensure you are up to date in your practice.

Asbestos Claims: From Diagnosis to Damages

Issues covered include: tribunal regulation 2019, damages, silicosis, diagnosis

Total Permanent Disability (TPD) and Life Insurance Injury Claims: The Cutting Edge

Issues covered include: Section 54 Insurance Contracts Act, non-disclosure and misrepresentation, tax, super, centrelink after insurance payment, superannuation insurance claims, neuropsychology and psychiatry

Personal Injury Conference

Issues covered include: serious injuries, limitation of actions, historical sexual abuse, medical negligence, tac update, trial preparation and strategy, ethics, dealing with an injured client

Workers Compensation Roundup: Your Ultimate Guide

Issues covered include: legislation update, the definition of injury, psychiatric injury claims

CPD Core Areas for Workers Compensation Lawyers

Issues covered include: building a practice, prosecute and/or defend a stress claim, ethics.

Civil Claims for Institutional Abuse

Issues covered include: civil claims for institutional abuse, civil litigation, limitation periods and historical claims, medical assessments

Psychological and Psychiatric Injury Roundup

Issues covered include: psychological and psychiatric Injuries - case and legislation updates, evidence, GEPIC, challenging diagnosis, instructions from insured workers, managing client expectations

Public Liability Update

Issues covered include: public liability, personal injury, duty of care, duel vicarious liability, Calderbank offers

Workers Compensation Conference

Issues covered include: industrial relations, workers compensation, core CPD points, case law update and guidelines

Motor Vehicle Injuries NSW: Your Essential Guide

Issues covered include: motor vehicle injuries, personal incur claims and legislative update, medico-legal perspectives, judicial review, liability and care decisions.

Workplace Discrimination & Managing Injured Employees

Issues covered include: workplace law, managing physically or psychologically injured employees, discrimination, adverse action

Current Concerns in Medical Negligence

Issues covered include: Case update, the law and the mentally ill, inquests, nervous shock and compensation, medical negligence claims, joint expert reports

Personal Injury Conference

Issues covered include: Case Review and Recent Developments in Psychological and Psychiatric Injury, Damages Update, Public Liability: Recreational Activities and Exclusion Clauses, How to Run a Successful Conciliation and Negotiation in a Personal Injury CasePractical Financial Management for Your Clients, Cost Provisions, Ethics in Personal Injury Matters

TPD and Life Insurance Injury Claims

"Issues covered include: Section 54 Insurance Contracts Act and Disability Policies, Tax, Super and Centrelink Implications After Insurance Payment, The Banking Royal Commission: What it Means for Superannuation Insurance Claims by Injured Consumers, Neuropsychology and Psychiatry in TPD

Personal Injury Roundup

Issues covered include: Utilising Medical Reports, District Court Trial Preparation, Advocacy, Negotiation, Motor Vehicle Accident Case and Legislation Update, Assessment of General Damages Update