Peter is one of the most experienced practitioners in National Workers’ Compensation in Australia, providing full front to back-end service for his clients. He acts for a large number of self-insured licensees under the Comcare scheme. Peter specialises in representing corporate self-insureds and the Government in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Federal Courts. He is also an experienced advocate in these jurisdictions when matters proceed to hearing.
Peter also practices in the area of accident compensation and while having extensive experience in all areas of insurance litigation in Queensland, he has a particular specialty in motor vehicle accident compensation.
Expertise
Experience
- Federal Government Departments and Agencies Such as the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Department of Defence, Australian Taxation Office and Comcare in Workers’ Compensation and Judicial Review matters.
- Blue chip clients Advising in the logistics, waste, finance and money transit security industries in various Federal Courts and Tribunals.
- Large Corporations Advising in relation to applying for a self-insurance license under the Comcare scheme, including obtaining approval from the Minster, drafting claims documents and manuals and assisting with training of delegates managing the claims portfolio.
- Both Government and self-insureds Advising on decision making processes, including drafting initial determinations and reconsiderations, formulating strategies to progress claims and negotiating outcomes prior to matters proceeding to the ART.
- Both Government and self-insureds Advising in relation to the sustainability of reviewable decisions, including preparing T-documents and progressing applications for review. As part of this process Peter also appears at conciliation conferences and hearings at the tribunal and in appeals to the Federal Court.
- Motor Vehicle Accident insurers Acting for the largest CTP Insurer in Queensland in both pre-litigation matters and litigated claims in the State Courts.