The 11th edition of this well known reference book provides the full text of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRCA) current as at 1 April 2018 and annotations of Court and Tribunal decisions to 1 March 2018.
The book contains an up-to-date discussion of recent litigation concerning the SRCA, including "injury" and "disease", "reasonable administrative action taken in a reasonable manner", liability for injuries "arising out of, or in the course of" employment, and construction of the approved Guide. It includes a list of all legislative instruments made under the Act, including those regulating the coverage of licensees under the Scheme.
The 11th edition also includes a comprehensive consideration of military compensation under the SRCA, including the 1994 Military Compensation Scheme and the new DRCA Scheme, which commenced on 12 October 2017 pursuant to the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988. The 11th edition will be fully relevant to military compensation by inclusion of previous historical material and Commentary on elements of the DRCA which were omitted from the SRCA on 12 October 2017.
Canberra barrister, Allan Anforth, will contribute an updated Practitioner's Guide aimed at claimants and their representatives.
Ballard provides us with an up-to-date, detailed summary of most topical cases which we might need in the AAT. Succeeding volumes are not just a re-hashing of the old, but represent a new and considered appraisal of where the law is, and where it is going.
The 10th edition of this reference book builds on its impressive foundations to provide the full text of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act as at 1 April 2014 alongside tightly written and impeccably researched annotations. This book is a must for all practitioners in the Commonwealth compensation field and will no doubt find a welcome home among lawyers, HR practitioners, union organisers and tribunal members.
The ninth edition of Ballard is as essential a reference tool for practitioners in Commonwealth Workers’ Compensation as the last eight editions.