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During the course of your claim for personal injuries, your lawyer will likely arrange for you to attend specialist doctors for what are known as medico-legal examinations. The timing of these medical examinations is important, as they generally occur when your injuries are stable and stationary, and you have reached maximum medical improvement. This will […]

Every year in Queensland, many people sustain personal injuries through faulty and dangerous products. These injuries can occur in a variety of ways, from using the toaster, to mowing the lawn, to turning on the pool filter, and may give rise to product liability claims. A personal injury claim for product liability is generally made […]

Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease, which is caused by workers inhaling crystalline silica dust found in bricks, concrete, sandstone and granite. It is most prevalent where workers’ daily tasks involve sandblasting, stone cutting, hard surface grinding and excavation. These tasks emit particles of silica into the air that workers inhale. The Cancer […]

If you have a personal injury claim in Queensland and you have received Centrelink benefits, this can impact your claim. In Queensland, insurance companies have been allowed by the Court to obtain an injured person’s Centrelink file for the three years before the injury.  The insurance companies obtain Centrelink files to find out whether the […]

If you have a personal injury claim and use your private health insurance for treatment, you should notify your insurer and ascertain whether a refund will be payable from your claim. It is important that this occurs because the rules of most private health insurers dictate that if you have a personal injury claim you […]

In almost all personal injury claims in Queensland, the insurer will require you to attend a doctor (or doctors) for its medico-legal purposes. The insurer will put a panel of three doctors to your lawyer for each relevant specialty, and your lawyer will select one of the doctors. The insurer will make all of the […]

When your personal injury claim settles, certain refunds to Government departments and private companies (like private health care funds) may be payable. These refunds will be paid from your total settlement amount, so it is important that your lawyer fully advises you on the refunds, the amount of the refunds, and how much money you […]

When your compensation claim settles the insurer will require you to sign a document called a ‘Release’. This can also be called a Discharge. It will be an implied or expressed term of any settlement that you sign the Release. Your lawyer should fully advise you on the Release, its terms, and the meaning and […]

When your statutory WorkCover claim comes to an end, you are entitled to receive from the workers’ compensation insurer a document called a Notice of Assessment. Before a Notice of Assessment issues, WorkCover (or the self-insurer) will arrange for you to attend a doctor or the Medical Assessment Tribunal to obtain a report confirming your […]

If you are injured in a car accident in Queensland you may bring a claim for your personal injuries under the Motor Accident Insurance Act. The claim is against the Compulsory Third Party Insurer of the at-fault vehicle. As part of your claim, the insurer is required to pay for “reasonable and appropriate” rehabilitation. What […]