Cameron Tout, Special Counsel and accredited specialist in Personal Injury Law at Shine Lawyers shares the definition for a serious injury, the difference between a TAC & Workcover serious injury, some common themes, factors to consider when deciding if someone meets the lifestyle test (plus what is a lifestyle test), some tips for a medico-legal working on a serious injury report and finally some personal advice from his experience for properly instructing a medico legal.

Hayriye Uluca is the Principal Lawyer and State Litigation Leader for Victoria in Superannuation & Insurance at Maurice Blackburn. 

Hayriye shares her insights into the difference between TPD, Workcover and why they have different questions for the expert to consider, some functional impact examples of medications with these cases and some issues she has noticed in some reports from experts.

Teni Sarris joins us to share her personal insights from a “Young Lawyers Perspective”. We give you some insights into her journey so far, what she has learnt about the medico legal industry, what she considers when selecting medical experts for her cases and some advice for some other young lawyers starting in the industry. 

Anna Morgan helps provide foundations for enhancing an expert’s performance as an Expert Witness. In this podcast she shares the mistakes, what things should be considered when being briefed for a case, advice on what you need to know when writing a report, what should be done before sending a report and finally a little more about her new business Expert Witness Coach

Leah Hickey shares her insights into the judgment of Kotas v Express Enterprises Pty Ltd [2016]. She explains what information was used from the medico legal reports from this judgement and some key important evidence for medico legal examiners to be aware of.

Emily Knowles is a registered psychologist dedicated to the study of psychological forces in the work context. Emily requalified as a psychologist after an early career training as a lawyer.

Emily helps us understand, what the meaning behind wellbeing actually is, what could trigger a ‘wellbeing moment’, some advice on approaching and digesting conflict and some particular practices she would recommend to ensure professionals are checking on their wellbeing

Sarah shares her insights into TPD (Total Permanent Disability) claims and how it is different. She takes us through what a TPD claim is, what it includes, how it is different to TAC and Workcover, why a claim might get rejected even if everyone has TPD in their superannuation, at what stage in the process she needs an expert opinion and what type of experts she engages for these particular claims.

Paula Shelton, Special Counsel at Adviceline Injury Lawyers and Law Institute of Victoria accredited personal injury specialist gives you some insights into Medical Negligence Case Preparation. Paula shares how to determine whether you actually have a claim or not and the difference from a workcover or TAC claim. How she selects her medical experts and what detail frustrates her in a report and finally how she prepares everything for court. 

Jeremy is a personal injury lawyer with two discrete areas of expertise - police misconduct and TAC compensation claims. Today, we focused on police misconduct because no-one litigates against Victoria Police more than Jeremy. 

Michael shares what it is like running a small personal injury law firm, what are certain do’s and don’ts, how you have to be careful of what cases you take on, how he selects his barristers and some stories from real life cases.