Friday, 6 March 2026
Chair
Roshana May, Consultant, Roshana May
New Disease Provisions Under the Workers Compensation Act
Although the threshold for causation for a disease or aggravation of a disease injury was amended in 2012 it is only recently that there have been decisions for this new test. Examine:
- The new test substitutes “main contributing factor” for “substantial contributing factor”
- The Presidential decision of AV v AW & subsequent decisions
Presented by Dennis Epstein, Barrister, 2 Selborne Chambers
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Presenters
Roshana May, Consultant, Roshana MayRoshana May is a lawyer and Accredited Specialist with a distinguished 40 year career in New South Wales personal injury law specialising in workers compensation. Over four decades, she has become a respected leader, a subject matter expert, adviser, and advocate in the field, contributing extensively to legislative reform, scheme design, and the protection of workers’ rights. In addition to extensive involvement in workers compensation reform since 2005, Roshana has also an industrial law practice and participated in the reform of the CTP scheme in 2017. Roshana has co authored numerous submissions to the Standing Committee on Law & Justice and has provided evidence at several inquiries. She is a former President of the NSW Branch of the Australian Lawyers Alliance and currently serves as its NSW Director. She is also a member of the Law Society of New South Wales Injury Compensation Committee and sits on the Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Committee for Personal Injury. Throughout her career, Roshana has remained a dedicated advocate for injured workers and a passionate voice in workers compensation law reform.
Dennis Epstein, Barrister, 2 Selborne Chambers
Dennis Epstein is a Barrister at 2nd Floor, Selborne Chambers, Sydney. Dennis has been practicing in the personal injury field for over 30 years. He initially practised as a Solicitor for over 13 years including 7 years at GIO. He was admitted as a Barrister in 1995 and since that time has practice exclusively in the personal injury field, especially in workers' compensation, CTP and public liability claims. He was also appointed for several years as both a District Court and Local Court Arbitrator and has undergone mediation accreditation training.
