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We live in a world where we are always trying to shorten things, as well as shortcut things. Shortcuts of course are dangerous, but I was just thinking about the abbreviations that we use in my office and possibly in that of some other plaintiff RAF and personal injury firms that don’t actually exist in the real world. Here are a few of them:
LOS – loss of support in a case where somebody has lost somebody who was the breadwinner.
OBO – we use that as short for “on behalf of” when a parent is doing a claim on behalf of their minor child, for example.
WOM – I use that when I go through my statistics (I love statistics) as to where my clients have come from and for me it stands for word of mouth – almost a quarter of our clients come from word of mouth.
MVA – that stands for motor vehicle accident.
Can you think of any others apart from the obvious RAF for Road Accident Fund and PI for personal injury?
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Tuesday 12-Apr-16
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Catherine said:
on Wednesday 13-Apr-16 04:06 PM
HC-High Court and Mag court - Magistrate Court.
Melissa said:
on Wednesday 13-Apr-16 11:12 AM
HPCSA- Health Professional Council of South Africa
Natasha said:
on Wednesday 13-Apr-16 09:16 AM
OAR -OFFICER'S ACCIDENT REPORT
REG- REGISTRATION
Daniella said:
on Wednesday 13-Apr-16 09:12 AM
AR's- Accident Reports
Angelique Jurgens said:
on Wednesday 13-Apr-16 09:11 AM
Everyone has pretty much commented all the abbreviations we use! We should definitely try not to use the shortened abbreviations in real life. Sometimes people around me speak in abbreviation and I'm like WTH (What the heck) :)
Jessica Apfel said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 04:54 PM
In actual fact, there was a discussion on 702 this morning about how young people can only communicate in abbreviations or rather 'sms talk' even within their CV (hehe!)
We should avoid making it our standard dialect.
Sarah said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 02:17 PM
MVA- Motor vehicle Accident
Brenda Du Toit said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 02:17 PM
(SMS) - Short Message Service - ( POP ) - Proof Of Payment - (GAAP) - Generally Accepted Accounting Practice
Liesl said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 01:28 PM
POC - Particulars of Claim
Johann said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 01:23 PM
I read a lot of medical records and doctors are the masters of abbreviations/acronyms! This is an example: HX AAA O. O/e pt no jaccol. BP N. DX urti. RX abx 400mg tab bd x 7d. TCB 10d.
Sarah said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 10:23 AM
DPI- Density Per Inch .
Alexis said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 10:21 AM
WPI - Whole Person Impairment is another
The experts are definitely abbreviated as well as a lot of things that i can honestly not tell you now. it comes so naturally that you do not even know that you are doing it i must admit.
Ashleigh said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 10:17 AM
Michaels Abbreviation to his staff ctm, Come To Me.
Jessica said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 10:16 AM
Don't forget HPCSA too lol
Clare said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 10:11 AM
Dont forget WPI - Whole person impairment
Charlotte Harding said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 09:41 AM
And what about BOC - Bill of Cost
Bianca said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 08:12 AM
What about MMI - Maximum medical improvement?
Kaylee said:
on Tuesday 12-Apr-16 07:17 AM
We always have abbreviations for our experts: IP (Industrial Psychologist) OT (Occupational Therapist) OS (Orthopaedic Surgeon). "WO" Without prejudice JM (Joint Minutes) OAR (Officer's Accident Report)
Johannesburg based attorney specializing in personal injury matters including Road Accident Fund claims and medical negligence matters. My interests include golf, reading and the internet and the way it is constantly developing. I have a passion for life and a desire for less stress!
