James Ricketson
58 Braidwood Road
Goulburn 2580
jamesricketson@gmail.com
0488543555
The Hon. Michael Daley, MP
NSW Attorney General
GPO Box 5341
Sydney NSW 2001 18th. December 2024
Dear Mr Daley
re XXXXXXXX Pty Ltd v Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer (icare)
I have written a dozen letters to Premier Chris Minns about this matter - the most recent of which was sent on 13th. December.
Whilst I have received electronic acknowledgement of receipt of these, and requested a reply to all, replies have not been forthcoming. None of my questions have been answered.
It seems as though the Premier’s office does not believe that this matter is worthy of any attention.
I am a filmmaker who was in the process of producing a film about Ms.L. (a world renowned XXXX artist) two years ago when this matter was brought to my attention.
At the time of my first letters to icare and the PIC, in the interests of transparency, I identified myself as such, and as both a journalist and a friend of Ms. L.'s - wearing three different hats. To these I must now add fourth - that of a human being with a commitment to justice and fair dealing requesting that the NSW government do whatever it can to prevent what could well be, in the absence of intervention, a tragic outcome to this matter..
The five years that this case has dragged on has taken an enormous toll on Ms. L.'s physical, mental and emotional lives. I have witnessed her transformation from a smiling, energetic and ever-optimistic cake artist to a sad shadow of her former self - no longer able to create, to earn a living, and robbed of her peace of mind as she has been pursued and persecuted by icare on the basis of a fraudulent claim by Mr. M..
This matter has turned Ms L.'s life into a nightmare, and it is one that I fear could lead to the worst possible ending.
I have asked many questions of icare, the Personal Injuries Commission (PIC) and of the Premier and need not repeat these. They are all on record. I will mention one only.
This dispute began with the allegation of bullying by Ms. L. of CM. back in 2019. No evidence has ever been provided that any such bullying occurred, whilst there is an abundance of evidence of Mr. Michael's bullying of Ms. L..
Despite the lack of evidence, icare, with the blessing of the PIC, has instructed Ms. L. that she must pay icare $130,000 as a result of what the PIC itself admits are merely 'allegations' - an amount that will not even cover the legal fees accrued by icare this past five years.
If this order is enforced it will leave Ms. L. with no choice but to sell her only asset - her home of 40 years.
Given Ms. L.'s current condition, this matter needs to be dealt with urgently by yourself, and not merely with a form letter of receipt of this letter.
Please intervene, Mr. Daley, by asking both icare and the PIC to provide you with evidence that Ms. L. ever bullied Mr. M.. When you discover, as you will, that there is no evidence, please do whatever needs to be done to bring this matter to a just conclusion.
Some of the many other questions I have asked can be found at:
http://jamesricketson.
yours sincerely
James Ricketson
cc icare
PIC
ICAC
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