Personal Injury Lawyers News
Wilderness Society and Gunns Ltd reach settlement
Tuesday June 23, 2009
Wilderness Society receives $325,000 and exoneration by Victorian Supreme Court.Keddies Protest Takes To The Street
Friday December 12, 2008
USING crocodiles to illustrate his deep unhappiness with his former law firm, Mohammed Tariq mounted a one-man sandwich board demonstration in the city yesterday, calling for an independent inquiry into the activities of Keddies Lawyers.Qantas Passengers Plan Compo Cases
Friday October 31, 2008
PASSENGERS injured when a Qantas flight plunged dramatically over Western Australia earlier this month have begun preparing compensation claims against the airline, with one claim expected to exceed $500,000.Treatment Of The Injured 'ridiculous, Unjust'
Tuesday June 17, 2008
THE shadow attorney-general, Greg Smith, said it was "ridiculous" and "unjust" for injured people to lose large amounts of compensation payouts on legal fees. He made the comments in relation to claims that the state's largest personal injury law firm, Keddies, has overcharged some clients.Blank Spaces Left In Legal Papers, Says Keddies Client
Monday June 16, 2008
AN ANGRY client of Keddies Lawyers, the Sydney legal firm at the centre of allegations of professional misconduct, has denounced denials by the firm's managing partner, Russell Keddie, that clients were asked to sign legal forms containing blanks in which amounts of compensation settlements could be added at another time.Conduct Adds Insult To Injury - Clients
Friday June 13, 2008
Keddies works hard on building its public profile. But for some, the name might be remembered for the wrong reasons, writes Kate McClymont.New Breed Of Rider In Same Old Risk Cycle
Sunday April 27, 2008
More cyclists mean more accidents, and the price paid can be high, reports Liz Porter.Stingy Tac Should Pay Super, Says Law Body
Sunday February 17, 2008
THE Law Institute of Victoria has called for superannuation to be paid to the thousands of injured Victorians living on weekly compensation benefits from the Transport Accident Commission.Fractures, Ruptures, Surgery: A Tram Ride To The Tac
Sunday February 10, 2008
AN elderly man is thrown so violently against a seat that he loses his spleen, a kidney and shatters a rib. A middle-aged woman is hurled to the floor with such force she suffers a crush fracture of her spine. A 70-year-old woman is catapulted to the floor, immobilised with a broken hip as strangers come crashing down on top of her.The Price: A Life Of Agony. The Payout: $422,900
Sunday January 27, 2008
A road accident victim says "pain and suffering" payouts add insult to injury. By Liz PorterInjury Ad Ban To Stay, Judges Rule
Friday September 2, 2005
Plaintiff lawyers have lost their High Court challenge to the NSW Government's ban on advertising for personal injury work, in a decision that defines the limits of political free speech in Australia.$360,000 Cap For Injury Payouts
Tuesday September 3, 2002
The Victorian Government will cap personal injury payouts at $360,000 and limit loss-of-income awards to three times average weekly earnings in a bid to rein in insurance premiums.If Lawyers Are Parasites, They Are Not Alone
Thursday June 6, 2002
Dr Andrew Biankin (Letters, June 4) reminds lawyers of ``the basic biological fact: when the host dies so do the parasites". Presumably, he considers lawyers are parasites because they earn a living as a result of someone's misfortune. He overlooks the fact that members of the medical professioFor The Lawyers, Lessons In Biology And Survival
Tuesday June 4, 2002
In reference to ``Hard lessons for lawyers after personal injury blow" (Herald, June 3), the lawyers have forgotten a basic biological fact: when the host dies, so do the parasites. Dr Andrew Biankin, Consultant surgeon, Sydney, June 3. The greatest change to compensation litigatioSydney's Most Wanted: Drought Hits The Professions
Saturday March 9, 2002
Unlikely as it might seem in litigious Sydney, there is a pressing shortage of lawyers not criminal or business lawyers, but those specialising in personal injury. The city appears to have its quota of accountants, however, although there is a shortage in rural NSW.Court Shift For Injury Cases Has Barristers Worried
Sunday June 22, 1997
It's known as the cattle yard. It is the long corridor with the threadbare carpet on the 15th floor of Sydney's Downing Centre court complex, where people making personal injury claims, their lawyers and witnesses wait for their cases to be called for a hearing. On a bad day, time runs out andEven Winners Think Courts Are Biased In Personal Injury Cases
Monday April 14, 1997
The first detailed study of how people experienced the NSW justice system has revealed that 44 per cent said they could not completely trust their lawyers and 40 per cent said their lawyers did not give good value for money. The three-year study, believed the most comprehensive of its type in Aus$100,000 For Skin Cancer Victim
Thursday July 23, 1992
MELBOURNE: The widow and children of a bricklayer who allegedly contracted a fatal skin cancer caused by his work was yesterday awarded $100,000 by the Accident Compensation Commission. Personal injury lawyers said last night the case was significant and may have been the first of its kin