A Practical Introduction to Administrative Decision Writing Under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act
Writing decisions to accept, reject and terminate claims can be time-consuming and difficult. Join our experts for breakfast and learn:
- How to write better decisions;
- How to better manage claims; and
- Increase the prospects of your decisions being upheld by the Regulator.
We will take you through some real-life examples and outline some practical trips and traps which will improve your decision writing.
Guest speaker, Scott McLeod QC, has a practice which combines both public and commercial law. Listed in the Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers ® 2020 for Public Law, Scott has extensive court and tribunal experience, advising or acting in proceedings for and against Commonwealth and State Agencies, in the Federal and Supreme Courts, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal and both the High Court and Court of Appeal of the Solomon Islands.
Stuart Unwin, Principal at BTLawyers, will be facilitating the workshop. He has nearly twenty years’ experience managing psychiatric injury and bullying claims in addition to significant recent experience managing historical institutional abuse claims. Acting for both insured and self-insured employers in a range of industries, Stuart knows how to effectively resolve legal disputes.
Date: Thursday 14 November, 2019
Time: 7:30am to 9am (registration and breakfast at 7:00 am)
Location: ibis Styles – Lvl 2, MAS Studio, 40 Elizabeth St, Brisbane
Breakfast will be provided.
If you require any further information or you can no longer attend the event, please contact Brody Gock – brody.gock@btlawyers.com.au or call 3211 2233.
