Insurers need to be careful where potential common law claims arise following an industrial accident as the worker’s time for commencing proceedings will not normally commence at the time of the accident and that procedural steps are necessary to ensure that time “starts to run” against the worker to issue those proceedings.
Here, the effect of s138 of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act and the decision in Mercer v Allianz is explained.
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