WEBINAR: Introduction to Common Law and how to manage your risk

Under the Queensland workers' compensation scheme, workers have the right to sue their employer for negligence through a common law or damages claim.

Are you across the common law matters to protect your business?

Join WorkCover Queensland and one of their law firms appointed to defend common law matters in this webinar.

This 30-minute Introduction to Common Law webinar will cover:

• What is a common law claim and why it’s different to a statutory claim?
• How your policy covers you and your business?
• What happens if a common law claim is made against your business by an injured worker?
• How WorkCover defends a common law claim on your behalf
• How to manage your risk

*Please note, by registering for this webinar you agree for your contact details to be shared with WorkCover Queensland.

Presenters:

Jason Lewis
Jason Lewis, who is appointed by WorkCover to defend common law matters, has extensive prior legal experience having served 5-year Articles of Clerkship beginning in 1988 and being admitted as a solicitor in 1994. He practised in a wide range of different areas such as property, banking and finance and commercial litigation until 1998, when he began specialising in personal injuries law. Since then, he has acted for both plaintiffs in workers’ compensation, compulsory third party, public liability, medical negligence and Total and Permanent Disability claims (while working in senior roles in two large personal injuries practices); and defendants in workers’ compensation and compulsory third party claims (both in private practice and in various in-house roles with two major Queensland insurers).

Matthew Bannan
Matthew Bannan is an Industry Manager, Customer Experience, at WorkCover Queensland. Matthew is a registered physiotherapist having graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of Queensland in 1996. Matthew has worked as a physiotherapist in the public and private health sectors both in Australia and the United Kingdom. He has worked at WorkCover for nine years, initially in the role of Physiotherapy Advisor for the organisation and has subsequently managed teams through various areas of the business focusing on providing exceptional customer service and delivering successful outcomes for injured workers and employers through best practice claims and injury management principles. He is currently managing the Health and Community Care industry as part of the wider Professional Services team.