Thursday, 27 November 2025
Implications of the 2025 Legislative Amendments to Worker’s Compensation
- What are the changes?
- How will the changes affect new claims?
- How will the changes affect current claims?
- Tricks and traps
Presented by Amanda Bond, Partner, Gillis Delaney Lawyers: Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law; Recommended Workers Compensation Lawyers (Defendant), Doyle’s Guide
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Chair
Mick Franco, Partner, Bartier Perry; Preeminent Workers Compensation Lawyers (Defendant), Doyle’s Guide 2024
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.
Amanda Bond, Partner, Gillis Delaney Lawyers
Amanda Bond is a partner of Gillis Delaney Lawyers who specialises in insurance claims. Amanda is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law and has over 20 years of experience in acting for government entities, insurers, self-insurers and corporations. In the last four years Amanda has been recognised by the Doyles Guide as a leading liability lawyer, pre-eminent and leading worker’s compensation lawyer and recommended lawyer in CTP demonstrating her breadth of experience.
