Veterans' Entitlements and Military Compensation Law

Author: Peter Sutherland

Title: Veterans' Entitlements and Military Compensation Law

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 928

Release Date: 2017-04-01

Details: Product Description


This is the only book devoted to the law on veterans' entitlements and military compensation in Australia. The book comprehensively annotates the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA) and, in this third edition, for the first time annotates the new unified military compensation scheme introduced by the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA).
The third edition covers all of the recent major reports into the veterans' law and military compensation system and includes annotations of all relevant High Court, Federal Court and Administrative Appeals Tribunal decisions on the two Acts. The book is an invaluable reference for all those assisting veterans to obtain their entitlements to the pensions and benefits available to those who have served their country - be they ex-service organisations, tribunal members, legal practitioners or Departmental officials.
Highlights of the third edition include:

a new section of the book discussing the cases on the application of Statements of Principles under the two Acts;
comprehensive annotations of complex issues under the VEA, including qualifying service, special rate of pension, GARP, allowances, standards of proof and review of decisions;
annotations and commentary on issues under the MRCA, including liability for compensation, incapacity, permanent impairment, death benefits, and transitional arrangements for previous schemes;
the interaction between the VEA and the MRCA; and
appendices which include an amendment history of the VEA and of the MRCA, an index of MRCA legislative instruments, discussion of defence honours and awards, and war grave eligibility.



About the Author



Robin Creyke is an Emeritus Professor, Australian National University. She is a sessional senior member of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal, and an Independent Reviewer for the Advertising Standards Bureau. Robin is also a member of the National Executive of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law.
Peter Sutherland BA, LLB (Qld) is a Visiting Fellow at the ANU College of Law and a solicitor and Director of SoftLaw Community Projects in Canberra. He is the author of the book series Social Security and Family Assistance Law (with Allan Anforth) and of the book series Annotated Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. Peter is a part-time Senior Member of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Convenor of the Legal Aid Clinic, a clinical legal education program for ANU Legal Workshop at Legal Aid ACT, and a consultant in the fields of Commonwealth employees' compensation law, military compensation, income support law and residential tenancy law.

EAN: 9781760020460

Package Dimensions: weight: 1218 g

Languages: en