If you have had no time to stay abreast of the latest cases impacting personal injury practice in 2026 then this is the one hour that you need. Delivered by David Burton, one of WA’s leading personal injury and insurance lawyers, he will take you through the significant recent decisions across CTP, employer's liability, public liability, costs and procedural issues. Walk away with both insight and practical implications for managing your personal injury claims.
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on WA legislation
2.00pm to 3.00pm An Annual Review of Recent Significant Personal Injury Case Law
Gain a critical review of the most significant personal injury case law covering CTP, liability, employers negligence, cost awards and practice and procedure matters.
Presented by David Burton, Partner, McCabes; Preeminent Leading Compulsory Third Party Insurance Lawyers (Defendant) – Western Australia, Recommended Leading Workers Compensation Lawyers (Defendant) – Western Australia, Recommended Leading Public & Product Liability Lawyers (Defendant) – Western Australia, Doyle’s Guide
Presenters
David Burton, Partner, McCabes
David Burton practised as a Barrister at the Cape Town Bar in civil and criminal litigation during the height of the turbulent apartheid years in South Africa before emigrating to Perth in 1986. He became an insurance partner at the national insurance law firm, Phillips Fox, for 10 years, where he developed a substantial personal injury defendant insurance practice. David then became a founding partner of the boutique specialist insurance law firm, Srdarov Richards Burton in 1999, then rebadged SRB Legal. On 1 July 2020 SRB Legal joined and became part of a national law firm, McCabes. David is also a highly experienced mediator, having settled 100s of personal injury claims for insurers and self-insureds, but is also an experienced Trial Counsel. For the past 30 years, he has successfully appeared as Counsel in defending claims on behalf of various insurance clients and in particular the Insurance Commission of Western Australia, in the High Court, Appeal Court, Supreme Court, District Court as well as the WorkCover Tribunal. David is a well regarded leading practitioner in personal injury, CTP and catastrophic injury claims in Western Australia. He has consistently been recognised by his peers, as a pre-eminent personal injury defendant lawyer in his field in the Doyle Guide rankings from 2016 to date. Outside of the law, David is an avid reader, Rugby Union tragic and passionate surfer. He loves the waves in the Yallingup area, and travelling with his wife to tropical surf locations, where the water is warm, the sharks are small and vegetarian.
