Slip and falls and workplace injuries often occur in circumstances where the injured person may need to have an expert such as a mechanical engineer or ergonomist inspect the injury location to take measurements or perform tests. The expert will
Medico-Legal Examinations and Non-Attendance Fees
An injured person has missed a medico-legal appointment with the Queensland CTP insurer, respondent or workers’ compensation insurer’s expert. Can the injured person be required to pay, or agree to pay, a non-attendance fee charged by the medico-legal expert to
Expert Medical Evidence
Personal injury compensation claims in Queensland require expert medical evidence, to assist the solicitors, barristers and judges who give advice about, or decide, the claim. That evidence can be factual or opinion evidence and can be given by treating doctors
Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) – Respondent disclosure obligations
The Queensland Court of Appeal in SDA v Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Rockhampton [2021] QCA 172 considered a respondent’s obligation to disclose copies of documents and information verified by statutory declaration to a claimant under s