Thursday, 27 November 2025
Chair
Mick Franco, Partner, Bartier Perry; Preeminent Workers Compensation Lawyers (Defendant), Doyle’s Guide 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Insights from the PIC: Workers Compensation and Motor Accident Claims
Hear from the Personal Injury Commission about recent developments and practical guidance on technical legal issues to enhance your workers compensation and motor accidents practice
Presented by John Harris, Principal Member, Personal Injury Commission
Presenters
Mick Franco, Partner, Bartier PerryAs a Director and leader of the Insurance Division of Bartier Perry, Mick Franco advises employers and insurers on the most effective ways to manage and resolve employee claims including statutory benefits, work injury damages and recoveries. He also advises on employment issues arising from workplace injury including return to work and dismissal, WHS and Coronial inquests. He has a long history of representing self-insurers, specialised insurers and employers in the TMF, with a strong focus on the local and state government sectors. He has been a long-term honorary solicitor for the NSW Workers Compensation Self-Insurers Association Inc. Mick is widely recognised by the industry as an expert in workers compensation. He has contributed extensively to the debate on workers compensation in NSW and written extensively on the NSW system and schemes in other jurisdictions. He has been a member of numerous industry groups and appeared at parliamentary inquiries relating to workers compensation, representing the interests of employers and insurers. He was recognised as a leading Workers Compensation Lawyer from 2016 to 2019 and preeminent since 2020 by Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession.
John Harris, Principal Member, Personal Injury Commission
John Harris is a Principal Member of the Personal Injury Commission. Prior to this appointment, he was appointed a sessional arbitrator in 2013 and subsequently a full-time arbitrator of the Workers Compensation Commission. The Principal Member was admitted as a Barrister in 1988 and practiced extensively in personal injury law prior to his appointment with the Workers Compensation Commission.
