Category - Injured People
Military compensation lawyer Tim White provides an update about a pending government response into alleged abuse in the Australian Defence Force.
On 14 June 2012, Defence Minister Stephen Smith released the Executive Summary of Volume One of the report into allegations of sexual and other abuse in the ADF. Just under a month...
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There has been a dramatic rise in serious injuries to cyclists from road accidents but a government plan threatens to take away their right to compensation, writes TGB's Barney Gask.
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TGB’s Mal Byrne talks to the Advertiser about the potential legal ramifications arising from a plan for nurses to discharge patients from hospital, to help free up hospital beds.
27/10/12: The Advertiser – Read the article here
Contact Partner Mal Byrne on (08) 8250 6668.
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TGB’s personal injury team writes about the impact of catastrophic injury on interstate and overseas travel plans, and the compensation process.
If a person has a catastrophic injury, it is usually a spinal (paraplegia or tetraplegia injury) or brain injury, or in the most serious circumstances both forms of injury.
Catastrophic...
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The European Commission (EC) is taking pro-active steps towards reforming the controls on medical devices to prevent a repeat of the PIP implant scandal, but what about Australia’s regulator?
The EC is proposing new policies to ‘address both the assessment of a device’s safety ahead of approval, as well as continued surveillance...
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The laws that cover wrongful birth and unplanned pregnancy may be controversial but are here to stay, writes TGB's Mal Byrne.
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Law Society vice president Morry Bailes says the state government’s planned overhaul of the Compulsory Third Party (CTP) scheme is “unjust” and economically irresponsible.
Mr Bailes, who is also managing partner at law firm Tindall Gask Bentley, said the proposed changes would be another blow for the already struggling...
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TGB Partner Tim White looks at current laws and what changes need to be made to curb drunken violence in South Australia.
At our law firm we have had a number of clients who have been victims of late-night violence over the years, which more often than not involves the excessive consumption of alcohol by their attacker. It...
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Managing Partner Morry Bailes was in The Telegraph and The Advertiser about the rise in compensation claims for allegedly abused asylum seekers.
23/8/12: Read the article online here
Click here for more information about TGB’s detainee compensation claims
For advice about potential claims, contact (08) 8212 1077.
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