For paraplegics with a spinal cord injury the opportunity to stand on their own feet and look another person eye to eye has previously been little more than a dream. However, wearable robotics is making this dream a reality for some, and in the process, changing the traditional rehabilitation landscape of the insurance industry. Wearable […]
With technological advances in the medical industry outpacing those in the insurance industry, Wotton Kearney Partner, Karen Jones and Dominic Flannery (Special Counsel) advise insurers to be alert to the opportunities created through the use of these advancements in the defence of proceedings. The pace of medical advancements in the last decade has revolutionised healthcare […]
Andrew Seiter and Noa Zur discuss the implications of a recent decision by the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal in Mitchell v Latrobe Regional Hospital [2016] VSCA 342. On 21 December 2016, the Court said the amendments to the Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) which have retrospectively lowered the thresholds for spinal and psychiatric injuries to […]
The Wrongs Amendment Act 2015 has now passed through the Victorian Parliament and received Royal Assent. The retrospective amendments to the Wrongs Act 1958 remove some restrictions on entitlements to compensation for personal injuries and may substantially increase the entitlements of certain claimants in Victoria. Andrew Seiter (Partner) and Noa Zur (Senior Associate) have updated […]
It is likely that the Wrongs Act Amendment Bill 2015 will soon pass through the upper house of the Victorian Parliament. If this occurs, the Wrongs Act 1958 will be amended and certain amendments will operate retrospectively.
The Victorian Government is again looking at making amendments to the Wrongs Act 1958 which will have important implications for insurers and the conduct of personal injury claims.
