Victorian Wrongs Act – Recommendations for reform

In November 2013 the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission published a draft report with recommendations following its inquiry into aspects of the Wrongs Act 1958. I have taken excerpts from this that are relevant to psychiatrists. See full report The Commission report stated that to ‘address anomalies, inequities and inconsistencies in the limitations on damages for personal injury and death, that the Victorian Government amend the Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) to: adjust the psychiatric injury threshold for eligibility to access … Continue reading Victorian Wrongs Act – Recommendations for reform