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
