GENERAL ADVICE – FEBRUARY 2020 Is There a Need to Standardise Personal Injury Regulations Throughout Australia? Possibly. Although Australia covers an enormous surface area and distances between our cities are similar to those in the United States of America, our … Read More
LEAD ARTICLE – JANUARY 2020 Why Do Doctors Fear Litigation? I am not referring to the role some doctors assume as expert witnesses. That can be stressful, although experience and emotional disengagement usually dissipate the anxiety. Instead, I am referring … Read More
CASE VIGNETTE – JANUARY 2020 Non Sequitur is a Real Phenomenon It can often be accepted that an accident occurred. In addition, an injured party may exhibit significant impairment and loss. What is not always so clear is the presence … Read More
GENERAL ADVICE – JANUARY 2020 Talk, Talk, Talk I understand that there is no property in a witness, that expert witnesses are to be objective and non-partisan and that the cut and thrust of adversarial law should be excluded from … Read More
LEAD ARTICLE – DECEMBER 2019 Christmas Greetings – What Do They Mean? Our Christmas celebrations have started already and the big day is only a week or so away. Despite the shopping crowds not being as frenetic as usual, parking … Read More
CASE VIGNETTE – DECEMBER 2019 Even Santa Claus is Vulnerable Folklore has it that Santa became stuck in the chimney of an old house in East Brisbane in December 2017. There was no particular obstruction in the chimney flue itself … Read More
GENERAL ADVICE – DECEMBER 2019 When Experts Differ Although orthopaedic surgeons are usually trained approximately equally, use the same reference texts and examine the same plaintiff contemporaneously, reports can differ wildly. This can be frustrating for legal representatives and may … Read More
LEAD ARTICLE – NOVEMBER 2019 Are Conclaves Valuable? I am referring to the Court-directed meeting of experts to rationalise differing opinions and create a unified approach where possible. Obviously, I am not talking about the meeting of Cardinals just prior … Read More
GENERAL ADVICE – NOVEMBER 2019 Are Surveillance Videos Worth their Salt? As the economy bites deeper, as more spurious claims appear and as insurers become wiser, so do I see a greater number of surveillance videos forming part of the … Read More
CASE VIGNETTE – NOVEMBER 2019 Military Service and Tribunal Claims When attempting to link orthopaedic pathological conditions with previous military service, the issue of causation can be particularly vexing. All too often, the nexus is quite nebulous. For example, a … Read More