Legal Practitioners

This area provides easy access to documents including policies, guidelines, legal costs orders and model litigant guidelines, for use by legal practitioners in personal injury proceedings under the Accident Compensation Act 1985.

Policies, Protocols, Guidelines & Explanatory Notes

1. Guidelines for compensation for death of a worker
2. Policy & Procedure regarding use and consent of Form D
3. Policy in relation to Corporations Act
4. Protocol conferences
5. Policy - exception rule for expert reports
6. Serious Injury Explanatory Notes

Costs

1. Guidelines for Costs Orders and Costs Recovery
2. Policy On Time Limits on Plaintiff Costs Claims
3. Cost Recoveries Governance Structure
4. WorkCover Legal Costs Order 2001
5. WorkCover Legal Costs Order 2006
6. Ministerial Directions - Sections 98 & 98A Compensation Claims
7. Ministerial Directions - S134AB
8. Ministerial Directions Fees - Guidelines for determining reasonable expert fees

Model Litigant Guidelines

1. Model Litigant Guidelines

Contact List

1. LLG Contact List

Legal Liaison Group Minutes

Meeting - 12 December 2007

• Agenda
• Key Issues
• Key Issues - Appendix
• Minutes

Meeting - 18 February 2008

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Key Issues

Meeting - 26 June 2008

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Key Issue Paper
• LLG Composition
• Cost Claim Policy
• Service of Revocations

Meeting - 26 September 2008

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Key Issues
• Corporate Plan Item 5

Meeting - 27 November 2008

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Key Issues
• Corporate Plan Summary
• Corporate Plan Item 4
• Costs and County Court Settlement Conferences
• Costs and County Court Settlement Conferences Attachments

Meeting - 08 April 2009

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Key Issues
• Retention of Lawyers

Meeting - 14 July 2009

• Agenda
• Key Issues
• Discussion Paper Item 3 Costs Policy