Registration

Registration is now open for the Both Sides of the Fence, Workers Compensation Seminar 2026

As always, CPD points can be claimed for attendance.

Sponsorship

The 'Both Sides of the Fence' Workers Compensation Seminar 2026 will continue to combine informative and engaging speakers with the opportunity for industry colleagues to network and discuss important issues.

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The 2026 Seminar will provide your organisation with great exposure, specifically:

Exposure to an interested, relevant and influential audience;
An excellent opportunity to maintain a high profile;
Networking both formally and informally; and
Enabling your employees to attend a quality educational program.

For more information, please contact chelsea.obrien@aomevents.com.

Seminar Committee

Joseph Wearing

Joseph is a principal at Wearing & Blairs and has been representing employees for the last 30 years in workers compensation and other employment-related matters. Joseph joined the BSOTF organising committee in 2024.

Katherine Eaton

Deputy President Katherine Eaton was appointed to the SAET in 2022, following twenty years of legal practice as a solicitor and at the independent bar, during which she attended many Both Sides of the Fence seminars. She has extensive experience in workers compensation, equal opportunity and employment law.

Tracey Kerrigan

Tracey is a director of KJK Legal was admitted to the

Supreme Court of South Australia in 1983. Tracey has expertise in workers

compensation, dust disease claims, general insurance, particularly public

liability claims and recovery claims for self-insured corporate entities. She

is listed in Doyle’s Guide as a Leading Workers Compensation Lawyer in SA.

Melinda Doggett

Commissioner Doggett was appointed to the South Australian

Employment Tribunal in June 2015, working primarily in the Return to Work jurisdiction. In May 2021 she stepped into a leadership role, being delegated responsibilities as Managing Commissioner. She has been an Accredited Mediator since April 2016.

Paris Dean

Paris is a Barrister at Selby Street Chambers. Prior to coming to the bar Paris worked for trade unions and in private practice and has

represented parties before the SAET in workers compensation disputes for 15 years. He is regularly briefed in employment, industrial, workers compensation, social security, tenancy, discrimination and NDIS matters

and is a former member of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Worker’s Compensation.

Shelley Reynolds

Shelley is the Acting General Manager at Gallagher Bassett,

with 20+ years in workers compensation, from dispute resolution to senior leadership. Shelley has been a regular attendee at Both Sides of the Fence seminars for many years, before joining the committee for the first time in 2026.

Bianca Barca

Bianca Barca has been a sole practitioner since 2019. She has been admitted since 2003 and worked predominantly in workers compensation and personal injury for applicants. She has worked in a number of firms and even worked on both sides of the fence briefly.