Tag: compensation lawyer
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Dental Negligence – Do you have a Claim?
Have you suffered injury or loss as a result of the negligent care of your dentist?. If so, you may have a dental negligence claim. The principles of medical negligence are applicable to dental negligence. The requirements necessary to establish negligence are: Your dentist owed you a duty of care; Your dentist breached that duty…
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The National Redress Scheme
The National Redress Scheme provides support to people who experienced institutional child sexual abuse. The scheme acknowledges that many children were sexually abused in Australian Institutions, holds institutions accountable for this abuse and helps people gain access to counselling and psychological services, a direct personal response and a monetary payment. Who can apply? Eligible survivors…
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Compensation Awarded to Permanently Disabled Employees
Two workers were recently left permanently disabled following a 12 storey fall while inside a cleaning platform. They plunged around 25 to 30 metres, hitting an awning above Pitt Street in Sydney. The Court found that the employer was aware that a 10 year major inspection of the window cleaning platform was due but failed…
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Do you have a compensation claim for false arrest?
In a recent matter, we acted for a client who attended a Police Station in response to attempts by Police to contact him. He was immediately arrested without warrant for alleged breach of an Apprehended Violence Order. The client agreed to participate in a recorded interview and was subsequently released approximately 1 hour and 20…
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$10,000,000 awarded to injured worker
In a recent case, an injured worker was awarded $10 million dollars in compensation. The 24 year old was employed on a rural property and suffered serious head and facial injuries as a result of a fall from a quad bike. This accident left her in a vegetative state. Following the accident she commenced proceedings…
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Free Compensation Information Session
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Will compensation for psychological injury be awarded after body parts found at accident scene?.
Do Police Officers have a duty of care in the exercise of his/her duties?. Maybe – after two decisions, one in the Supreme Court of NSW and one in the Supreme Court of Victoria. In the NSW case the deceased was killed in a motor vehicle accident in 2013. Approximately 7 months later members of…
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Workplace Injury
In the workplace many people suffer injury and sometimes in a most unusual way. When this happens that person may be entitled to compensation for workplace injury which could be substantial. In one case we represented an office worker whom injured his neck when he became startled by a faulty alarm going off. He successfully…
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Injured at work?
Have you been injured in the course of your employment. If you have you most likely have a right to workers compensation, and possibly also to compensation from any other party whom may have caused the injury. We recently acting for a client, lets call her Jane. Shortly after commencing her employment with Coles Supermarket,…
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Changes to Workers Compensation Legislation in 2018 – Not much to help workers
The Workers Compensation Scheme has changed again, but what has really changed? Is it going to be better for workers? Or are we just moving the red tape around? Workers Compensation has long been accused of being overly complex, bureaucratic, and incomprehensible. Add to that the gradual stripping away of benefits for workers over the…