Benefits to injured motorists could be slashed under planned Green Slip changes: lawyers

By Anna Patty
Updated June 29 2016 - 7:18pm, first published 6:38pm
Gary Ulman, president of the Law Society of NSW, says the new Compulsory Third Party scheme would reduce benefits for up to 95 per cent of injured motorists in NSW.  Photo: Jessica Hromas
Gary Ulman, president of the Law Society of NSW, says the new Compulsory Third Party scheme would reduce benefits for up to 95 per cent of injured motorists in NSW. Photo: Jessica Hromas
NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello says NSW has the least affordable motor accident insurance scheme in the country. Photo: Orlando Chiodo
NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello says NSW has the least affordable motor accident insurance scheme in the country. Photo: Orlando Chiodo

Benefits to injured motorists will be slashed under proposed changes to the NSW Green Slip scheme that lawyers warn are potentially harsher than controversial changes the state government made to the workers compensation scheme.