Unexpected Consequences of Compensation Law

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This book explores the performance of compensation law in addressing the needs of the injured. Compensation procedure can be dangerous to your health and may fail to compensate without aggravation/creating other problems. This book takes a refreshing and insightful approach to the law of compensation considering, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the actual effect of compensation law on people seeking compensation. Tort law, workers compensation, medical law, industrial injury law and other schemes are examined and unintended consequences for injured people are considered. These include ongoing physical and mental illness, failure to rehabilitate, the impact on social security entitlements, medical care as well as the impact on those who serve the lawyers, administrators, medical practitioners etc. All are explored in this timely and fascinating book. The contributors include lawyers, psychologists, and medical practitioners from multiple jurisdictions including Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, Italy and the UK.

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An informative, well-rounded and thought-provoking read that illuminates contemporary issues in compensation law this book adds meaningful discourse to the significant discussion and debate on this topic. -- Tina Popa, RMIT University * Tort Law Review *

Author Bio

Prue Vines is Co-Director of the Private Law Research and Policy Group at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales. Arno Akkermans is Director of the Amsterdam Law and Behaviour Institute at the Vrjie University, Amsterdam.