Personal Injury Law and 'Compensation Culture' - Careers - Career Management

In recent times, personal injury law has been criticised from both within and outside the law industry. But like it or not, personal injury law is a niche area that has cemented its importance and prominence in Australian courts and the legal world. Personal injury law deals with injury to the body, mind or emotions and is most commonly used to refer to a type of lawsuit that claims a plaintiff's injury was caused by the negligence of another. Personal injury law has been the subject of much criticism for a few main reasons, most notably for the so-called 'compensation culture' it is believed to have created. Compensation culture refers to a growing belief that one who has experienced or suffered personal injury is able to seek compensation through legal action from someone connected with the injury. As such, personal injury law and compensation culture has made it legally possible and often lucrative to shift the blame or accountability of an injury to someone else. Perso nal injury lawyers have also got swept up in the criticism of this area of the law, often being referred to as 'ambulance chasers' who plant the seed of litigation in injured persons. There is, however, another side to personal injury law, and those interested in personal injury law jobs should not be deterred. Defending those who have been injured at the expense of another person or corporation is also an important piece of the law puzzle.

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