MPOL Group July 2008 Newsletter
Welcome to the July edition of the MPOL Muse
Welcome to the new edition of MPOL Muse. We're just over halfway into 2008 and it's already been a year of changes and opportunities. As further confirmation of the rise and rise of stress claims, we estimate that a 1/3 of all pending factual investigations we now receive are stress claims.
As you'll see below, in this edition we further strengthen our Factual team with the announcement of Anna Mealyea as Factual Investigations Manager while January of this year finally saw the return of our Managing Director from an epic 6 month European investigation.
We hope you enjoy this edition of MPOL Muse and as always we welcome any feedback
Mark and the tale of the missing millions
One of the advantages of being an investigation firm which conducts private investigations as well as Corporate and Insurance work is that every now and then a job comes along that you wouldn't believe - even if you saw it in a film. A recent instruction to our Managing Director, Mark Grover, involved a client who was embezzled of $13 million dollars. The client’s instructions were to locate the alleged embezzler and establish the whereabouts of the missing millions.
MPOL Factual Manager: Anna Mealyea
MPOL Group is delighted to announce that we have further strengthened our Factual Department with the appointment of Anna Mealyea as Factual Investigation Manager. Anna joined MPOL in November 2007 and has a wealth of experience in training, managing and conducting investigations.
Zivolic: Physical v Psychological contributions to injury
A recent MPOL Muse article discussed the case of Stamboulakis and the Court’s decision that a Serious Injury application under S134 AB for physical injury only must exclude evidence that relates to any psychological component arising from the physical injury.
Reviewing 'The Act':
Following the announcement by The Minister for WorkCover, Tim Holding, that the 20 year old Accident Compensation Act is to be independently reviewed, submissions to the review recently closed on May 2.
Victoria – the safe state:
Based on recent WorkSafe results, Victoria is being promoted as the safest place to work. In the last Financial Year, Victoria experienced fewer than 30,000 workplace injury claims – for only the 2nd time since records began.