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Pleading involvement in a claims-farming scheme - where there is no law against it…

20 February 2020 | Insurance & Health Law

In 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...

Calculating financial dependency damages in wrongful death (dependency) claims

26 June 2019 | Insurance & Health Law

In 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,...

CTP Scheme in South Australia opened up to competition

24 June 2019 | Insurance & Health Law

As 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...