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Key Takeaways
Legislative Update
SIRA Reduces Surgical Fees
Recent Decisions
The Importance of Work Capacity Decisions (WCDs)
Antoun v Pride Building & Refurbishment Pty Ltd (NSWPIC 2022)
The focus of this article is on a workers compensation claim which was referred to Turks and which recently became the subject of litigation in the PIC.
Background
Liability was accepted from the outset for the worker’s claim of injuries to the low back and right shoulder as a result of a slip and fall in 2014.
In 2020, Turks was engaged to act after the worker lodged a claim for:
Chambeyron v Dr Redgment (NSWDC 2021)
Key Takeaways
It is important to comply with orders made for the service of evidence in court proceedings. Parties should not assume an extension of time will be granted to serve medical or expert liability reports, particularly once a substantive hearing date has been set.
Antoun v Pride Building & Refurbishment Pty Ltd (NSWPIC 2022)
Key Takeaways
In this matter, Delegate Camp of the PIC declined to set aside a work capacity decision that had been made by the insurer, despite the insurer not relying upon any return to work planning documents in support of its decision.
Brief Facts
The Workers Compensation (Surgeon and Orthopaedic Surgeon Fees) Order 2022 came into effect on 1 July 2022.
The Order is aimed to correct high surgeon and orthopaedic surgeon fees in the NSW workers compensation scheme. Previously, surgical rates in the scheme were ‘significantly higher’ than standard industry rates.
Key Takeaways
For building projects where multiple or staged occupancy permits are issued, the VSCA has handed down a decision in Lendlease Engineering Pty Ltd v Owners Corporation No 11 that provides clarity on determining the commencement of the 10-year limitation period in s134 of the Building Act 1993 (Vic) (the Act).