Workers' compensation

Overview

We have extensive experience acting on workers' compensation matters for a range of employers operating in diverse industries, including consumer and retail, aged and community care, local government, manufacturing, mining, and transport and logistics. 

Our team has the technical expertise to assess the full range of personal injury claims, provide early advice that enables rigorous pursuit of early resolution to achieve quick and commercially effective settlements.

We assess the successful management of workers' compensation claims in terms of the effective, cost-efficient and early conclusion of claims. To achieve this, we investigate each claim to provide early advice on resolution options.

Our team routinely advises on the workers’ compensation areas of:

• whole person impairment injury claims and other statutory benefit claims
• psychological injury claims
• common law claims/serious injury applications
• litigated claims in all courts through to High Court appeals
• appeals to the Workers' Compensation Regulator, and
• recoveries.

Our team also provides regular training to our clients on recent decisions, relevant legislation and employee management.