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Changes to the Retirement Age for Personal Injury Economic Loss Claims

As we are all aware in the recent May 2014 Federal Government budget the Government announced that the Aged Pension entitlement age will increase to 70 years by 2035. As we know in previous years the Government had increased it from aged 65 to 67 years of age. This will have a direct impact on personal injury claims that we at

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10-year-old receives $195,000 after successful family provision claim

A young boy has been awarded $195,000 after a successful family provision claim at the ? NSW Supreme Court. The ten-year-old received the money from his deceased grandmother’s estate after it was decided he had not been adequately provided for in the will. His grandmother wished to leave one tenth of her $1.4 million estate to him, and he had been living with her prior

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Some cases awarding future economic loss beyond the age of 67

Zurich Australia Insurance Ltd v Roumanos [2013] NSWSC 1922 General Facts Mr Roumanos (“the claimant”) was injured in a motor vehicle accident on 21 August 2009. He was driving a truck at the time when a motor vehicle failed to stop and give right of way resulting in a heavy collision. The claimant was a self employed delivery driver operating

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A Basic Guide to Civil Litigation

The majority of matters do not proceed to Hearing. Of matters where proceedings are commenced, statistics indicate that less than 5% of these go all the way through the Court to a final Hearing. Despite the New South Wales justice system being founded on an adversarial model of judicial determination, it is widely accepted that the reason that so few

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Understanding moral obligation and family provision claims

When deciding whether you are eligible to make family provision claims, the Courts will often consider the moral obligation of the deceased to provide for you financially. While in many cases moral obligation is assumed, there are a number of factors that can impact on the Courts’ decision regarding your eligibility. When is moral obligation assumed? Typically, the deceased is assumed to

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