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Pleading involvement in a claims-farming scheme - where there is no law against it…
20 February 2020 | Insurance & Health LawIn a decision before a District Court Master, an SA CTP insurer made an application to amend the Defence to plead that the plaintiff participated in a “claims farming scheme”. The definition of the “claims farming scheme” used at...
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Calculating financial dependency damages in wrongful death (dependency) claims
26 June 2019 | Insurance & Health LawIn a decision of the NSW Court of Appeal in Norris v Routley; Routley v Norris [2016] NSWCA 367 (“Norris”),the Court was asked to consider an alternative to the dependency percentages set out in Table 9.1 of Professor Luntz’s work,...
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CTP Scheme in South Australia opened up to competition
24 June 2019 | Insurance & Health LawAs of 1 July 2019, SA motorists will be able to select their CTP insurer on renewal of their motor vehicle registration. CTP insurers will be able to compete on price (within a premium range set by the CTP Regulator). Since 1 July 2016, four...