Compensation Law - Articles
TPD claim rejected: Client abandoned by previous lawyers turn to Taylor & Scott seeking help
Our client came to Australia twenty years ago. He spoke very little English. He worked as a kitchen hand, briefly, and then secured labouring work in the construction industry. The work was hard, physical work. He was required...
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How social media can affect your personal injury or workers compensation claim?
Social media is a big part of our lives. It hosts a wellspring of accessible information, especially when it comes to legal cases. This is, however, a catch 22, because it can allow lawyers to access supplementary inform...
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Slip on grape at supermarket results in Public Liability settlement
Recently, we acted for a client who suffered a fall at a supermarket. Our client had gone to the supermarket to do the weekly shopping. As he was walking through the supermarket, he slipped on what turned out to be a gra...
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What is the difference between TTD and TPD claims?
New superannuation laws came into effect from 1 July 2019. The new laws brought about several changes, including automatic cancellation of insurance for inactive accounts. These changes may have left you wondering what i...
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Worn Out Concrete Labourer - Successful Workers Compensation and TPD Claim
Our client worked in the concrete industry as a labourer. He had spent a lifetime doing extremely heavy work. His day involved physically demanding tasks including shovelling, pouring and finishing concrete, wheeling wheelbarrows full of concrete, bending, lifting, twisting and squatting.
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Defective Seat Causes Serious Back injury, Large Compensation Payout
Our client was educated to Year 10. Having left school, he obtained various labouring jobs in the building and construction industry. Eventually, he secured employment driving dump trucks. His job required him to drive u...
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Fall Through Unsecure Formwork Deck - Lucky to be Alive
Our client worked as a concreter. He loved his job. Working long hours six days a week was tough. Physical fitness is a pre-requisite as his days were spent kneeling, squatting, screeding and walking over decking and rei...
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Run in with boss results in back injury and successful work injury damages claim
Our client was a labourer and machine operator working for a company in country NSW. His work involved operating excavators and dump trucks. The work was reasonably light, and our client loved his job. At one point our c...
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Employee Receives Payout Following Fall On icy Steps - Taylor & Scott
Our client has spent his life labouring in the construction industry. On this particular morning, it was very cold and icy. A team of men had been sent to the roof of a new construction to continue with the work. At one point, our client was directed to climb down from the roof using the scaffolding stairs.
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Struck by falling box, shopper wins compensation
Our client is married with two young children. One day she dropped her children at school and arranged to meet a girlfriend at the local shopping centre for some "retail therapy". They entered a kitchen shop at the centr...
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Dealing With Claims For Domestic Care & Assistance - Taylor & Scott
In cases of personal injury, attention is often given to medical expenses and loss of earnings, but those who have been seriously injured will generally require help in all areas of their lives.
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Labourer Suffers injury At Work, Gets Compensation - Taylor & Scott
Our client is a young labourer. He was working for a labour-hire company. On this particular occasion, he had been sent to work for a "host employer" that handled the recycling of heavy-duty batteries. The batteries were...
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