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The Supreme Court of Victoria has handed down a landmark medical negligence decision concerning a patient’s right to provide free and voluntary consent. The Court found that the defendant hospital was liable in battery and negligence after a vaginal examination was performed without the patient’s free and voluntary consent.

If you have been injured at work, you will very quickly hear the term “certificate of capacity”. This document sits at the centre of your WorkCover claim and can affect your weekly payments, your medical treatment, your return-to-work options and, in some cases, whether your claim is accepted or can continue at all.

If you have received or are about to receive a personal injury settlement, one of the first questions you may ask is: Do I have to pay tax on my personal injury settlement? The short answer is no, but…

If your TPD claim is unreasonably taking longer than 6 months, you can request that the super fund/insurer pays penalty interest from this date until they finalise your claim.