by Markus Fernandez-Kennedy | Aug 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Whiplash injuries and car accident compensation – background The Road Safety Commission (“the Commission”) compiles and provides statistics on road accidents in Western Australia. In their last annual report the Commission noted that there were...
by Markus Fernandez-Kennedy | Jul 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Worrying trends in workers’ compensation claims Employers are required to meet many financial and legislative obligations in order to run a successful business. Prosecution results published by WorkCover WA suggest that employers are increasingly attempting a...
by Markus Fernandez-Kennedy | Jul 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Background into the personal injury compensation industry In 1994, concerns regarding the cost of liability insurance coupled with growing perceptions that the law of joint and several liability was not being administered consistently, led the Commonwealth and NSW...
by Markus Fernandez-Kennedy | Jul 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pedestrians and road injury compensation claims While possibly sounding counter-intuitive pedestrians are the largest group of road users. Most of our daily activities – commuting to work, dropping children at school, food shopping, catching up with friends or...
by Markus Fernandez-Kennedy | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Once an employee has lodged a Workers’ Compensation Claim form and a First Certificate of Capacity with their employer, the employer has 5 working days to lodge these documents with their insurer. The insurer is then required to make a determination regarding...
by Markus Fernandez-Kennedy | May 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Personal injury compensation and social security Unfortunately some of us who suffer a personal injury at work, on the road or in a public place are injured so badly they are not able to return to work. Often these people rely on financial support from social security...