Maurice Blackburn
Practical Guidance Personal Injury Vic
Practical Guidance Personal Injury Vic
Practical Guidance Personal Injury Vic is a how-to resource for practitioners dealing with personal injury matters in the Victorian jurisdiction.
This module is an essential guide to personal injury claims in Victoria, containing guidance on common considerations for all types of claims with specific guidance on areas such as motor vehicle accidents, workplace injuries and medical negligence. It also includes a medical toolkit containing medical terms, abbreviations and diagrams.
With the support it provides, Practical Guidance Personal Injury Vic enables legal practitioners to efficiently advise on personal injury matters and develop expertise in unfamiliar areas of personal injury law in Victoria.
Key Features

Task-Oriented Personal Injury Guidance
Access practical personal injury guidance for Victoria with cases, legislation, checklists, forms, precedents, and trusted LexisNexis resources.
Personal Injury VIC Frequent Tasks Tool
Efficiently manage common personal injury tasks in Victoria with organised guidance, precedents, and checklists for easy retrieval.
Personal Injury VIC Glossary and Medical Abbreviations
Clarify key personal injury terminology and medical abbreviations with this glossary, designed for Victoria-specific matters.
Medical Diagrams for Easy Reference
Access visual aids of human anatomy with detailed descriptions for clearer understanding in personal injury cases
Topics Covered
- General procedures and the Civil Procedure Act
- The common law and the Wrongs Act
- Transport accidents
- Workplace injuries — workers compensation
- Workplace injuries — common law claims
- Medical negligence
- Occupiers’ liability and public liability
- Dependency claims
- Claims for psychiatric injury
- Dust disease claims
- Civil aviation claims
- Defective goods and services
- Intentional torts
- Institutional abuse claims
- The National Redress Scheme
- Total and permanent disability claims
- Preparation of the claim
- Medical information
- National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Safety, Rehabilitation
- Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) and Comcare
