In serious injury applications under the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic), the potential effect of future pregnancy on a claimant's existing injury cannot be established by judicial notice or inference from general orthopaedic evidence; specific medical evidence addressing the individual claimant's circumstances is required. A judge is not required to warn a party bearing the onus of proof that evidence on a matter the party herself raised is insufficient.
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