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The case for legal services research in workers' compensation

Lauren Finestone

Associate Professor Genevieve Grant argues that the workers' compensation sector needs a more rigorous approach to understanding legal costs and services — similar to what exists in healthcare.

While healthcare has developed sophisticated research methods to evaluate service effectiveness and costs, the legal services sector remains largely reliant on anecdotal evidence and individual experiences when assessing outcomes. Associate Professor Genevieve Grant, Director of the Australian Centre for Justice Innovation at Monash University, believes this needs to change — particularly in workers' compensation, where legal representatio...

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