Unexpected consequences of compensation law / edited by Prue Vines and Arno Akkermans.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Vines, Prue, 1956- editor.

Akkermans, A. J., editor.

University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law, host institution.

Conference Name:

Unexpected Consequences of Compensation Law (Conference) (2018 : University of New South Wales)

Series:

Hart studies in private law ; volume 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Damages--Social aspects--Congresses.

Damages.

Compensation (Law)--Social aspects--Congresses.

Compensation (Law).

Personal injuries--Congresses.

Personal injuries.

Workers' compensation--Law and legislation--Congresses.

Workers' compensation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 298 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Hart Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"This book explores the performance of compensation law in addressing the needs of the injured. Compensation procedure can be dangerous to your health and often fails to compensate without aggravation/ creating other problems. This book takes a refreshing and insightful approach to the law of compensation, considering from an interdisciplinary perspective the actual effect of compensation law on people seeking compensation. Tort law, workers' compensation, medical law, industrial injury law and other schemes are examined and unintended consequences for injured people are considered. These include ongoing physical and mental illness, failure to rehabilitate, the impact on social security entitlements, medical care as well as the impact on those who serve - the lawyers, administrators, medical practitioners etc. All are explored in this timely and fascinating book. Contributors include lawyers, psychologists, and medical practitioners from multiple jurisdictions including Australia, Netherlands, Canada, Italy and the UK"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An overview of some unexpected consequences of Compensation Law / Prue Vines and Arno Akkermans

Achieving justice in personal injury compensation : the need to address the emotional dimensions of suffering a wrong / Arno Akkermans

Compensation and health / Ian Cameron

Apples, oranges and bananas : comparative studies in Australian workers' compensation systems / Alex Collie

Workers' compensation in Canada : experiences of precariously employed workers in the return to work process after injury / Katherine Lippel, Ellen Maceachen and Sonja Senthanar

Safe as houses? : lump sum dissipation and housing / Kylie Burns and Ros Harrington

Achieving a just culture that learns and improves / Christopher Hodges

An incentive-based approach to apologies and compensation / Nicola Brutti

Compensation for intangible loss : a closer look at the remedial function of apologies / Robyn Carroll

Exploring the dynamics of legal service use in compensation systems / Clare E. Scollay

Addressing the problems of lump sum compensation dissipation and social security denial : the lawyer contribution / Prue Vines

Lawyers' responsibility for claimant health in injury compensation schemes : developing an ethical response / Genevieve Grant and Christine Parker

The 'lawyer was an angel' : New Zealand and American patients' and family members' experiences of the role of lawyers in 'resolution' processes after medical injuries / Jennifer Schulz Moore.

Notes:

"This book arose out of a symposium held at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in March 2018"--ECIP introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781509928019

1509928014

9781509928026

1509928022

9781509928002

1509928006

OCLC:

1150822886