Tort Law Reform Throughout Australia – 7th Edition

In a year of unprecedented law reform to Australia's injury compensation system, there was a widespread perception that the costs of insurance premiums were spiralling out of control. As a result, the Commonwealth Government appointed a panel to review the law of negligence in this country. This review, chaired by Justice David Ipp, put forward a series of recommendations on how reform, in this areas of the law, should be approached.

Subsequently, Ipp's recommendations were implemented and a piecemeal liability structure has been created throughout Australia. Several years on, judges from some of the country's highest courts, continue to express their unease over the reforms, which are believed to have gone further than the recommendations proposed by the panel.