Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Maithri Panagoda AM, Partner, Carroll & O’Dea; Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury
Developments in the Law Relating to Vicarious Liability
- A refresher on vicarious liability in historical abuse cases
- A review of the recent vicarious liability cases around Australia
- A review of the legal journey leading to Bird v. DP (a pseudonym) [2024] HCATrans 16 or, possibly, the High Court’s decision in Bird v DP
Presented by Asanka Gunasekera, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Presenters
Maithri Panagoda AM, Partner, Carroll & O’Dea
Maithri Panagoda has over 48 years of experience in litigation and dispute resolution. He heads a team at Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers dedicated to representing survivors of historical abuse. An Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law since 1994, he has acted for over 250 members of the Stolen Generations. He is a member of the Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee. He is an Adjunct Professor of the School of Law, University of Notre Dame.
Asanka Gunasekera, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Asanka Gunasekera specialises in personal injury law. Asanka represents Plaintiffs and Defendants in claims relating to historical child sexual abuse, motor vehicle accidents, workers’ compensation injury, occupiers’ liability, public liability and fatal accidents. Asanka is also experienced in employment and OH&S law having been a sessional lecturer in occupational Health and Safety (Industrial Relations) at Curtin University. Asanka was admitted to practice in 2009 following completion of a 10 year “Managing Clerkship” under the Legal Practitioners Act 1893. Asanka is also experienced in Not-For-Profit Governance having been Chairperson of the WA AIDS Council (Inc) for six years and Secretary of the WA Bar Association (Inc) for three years. Asanka is also a member of the Law Society of Western Australia and serves on its Personal Injury & Workers’ Compensation Committee.
