67 VR 403
Transport Accident Commission v Burns

Published 21 March 2023

Transport Accident Commission v Burns

Supreme Court of Victoria

Richards J

03/06/2022

[2022] VSC 294

Accident compensation — Transport accident — Claim for compensation — Time limit for claim — Respondent’s partner died as a result of a transport accident — Respondent made claim for funeral and dependency benefits — Respondent later sought to claim impairment benefit — Commission declined to determine respondent’s degree of impairment — Whether Transport Accident Act distinguishes between claims for compensation by persons injured as a result of transport accidents, and claims by dependants of persons who die as a result of transport accidents — Whether time limit in s 68 applies separately to each category of claim — Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic), ss 35, 46A, 47, 68

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