Lifetime Care and Support Scheme

• Govt plan to strip legal rights from families with cerebral palsy

  16th Jan 2015

  Children who are born with cerebral palsy due to medical malpractice may have their rights to sue for their lifetime care and support eliminated under plans being considered by governments, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

• Negligent no longer to be liable under new compensation scheme

  26th Sep 2014

  The rights of people catastrophically injured as the direct result of negligence are under threat if the Commonwealth succeeds in introducing a National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS), the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

• Fault lines in NDIS follow cracks in NSW lifetime care scheme

  12th Aug 2014

  Systemic issues identified in the NSW Lifetime Care and Support Scheme (LTCS) may already be affecting services provided via the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

• The money or the drip: lump sum vs no-fault benefits?

  21st Mar 2014

  No-fault compensation is all the rage, but at what cost to people’s rights? President-Elect Andrew Stone writes of its shortcomings.