What is Adult Child Maintenance?

Unfortunately, raising a child comes with a price tag. Statistics on the cost of raising a child from birth to adulthood are often thrown around, ranging anywhere between $400,000 and $800,000 for two children. For many parents, supporting their children doesn’t stop when they turn 18. While legally they can vote and consume alcohol, most…

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Motor Vehicle Accident Successful Claim

Shop Assistant’s Life Ruined as a Result of Motor Vehicle Accident

Our client was a very loyal hardworking shop assistant working full time for one of the large supermarket chains. She enjoyed hard work and caring for her family. She did a lot around the home including mowing the lawn and washing her car as her husband worked away from home in the mining industry. Tragically…

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Personal Injury Compensation: What is Included and How is it Calculated?

A personal injury can change the course of one’s life. Unfortunately, it is rarely, if ever, for the better. Compensation exists to restore an injured party, as much as possible, to their previous position. In cases of compensation claims, consideration is given to an injured person’s predicted life trajectory and how such a path has…

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A ‘He Said, She Said’ Motor Vehicle Accident

“You ran into the back of me!” “No, you “cut in” front of me!” Wouldn’t it be lovely if we lived in a world where everyone told the truth? Unfortunately the truth is often hard to find. Conflicting truths battle it out in a game where victory is never really certain. In the case of…

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Is Your Disease Considered Work-Related?

The concept of causality, or cause and effect, is simple to understand, but in the medical world, where the effect is often apparent well before the cause can be uncovered, things aren’t so simple. It can take time for scientific research to catch up and explain the causal link between disease and certain behaviours or…

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Motor Accident Contributory Negligence

Extremely Difficult Motor Accident Claim Success – Contributory Negligence

  FACTS OF MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURY CLAIM Our client was a front seat passenger in a motor vehicle being driven by his wife on a country road. It was late at night and our client and his wife had been to a hotel where alcohol had been consumed. Whilst driving home, our client’s wife lost…

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Motor Bike Rider Hit By Car

Motorbike Rider Hit by Car – It Pays to Get Expert Legal Advice Before Settlement

  FACTS OF MOTOR ACCIDENT CASE Our client was a carpenter who was riding his motorbike one weekend when a car pulled out into his path causing him to be thrown from his bike onto the bonnet of the motor vehicle. As a result of the car driver’s negligence, our client suffered injuries to his…

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How Does the 457 Australian Work Visa Work?

  Australia has long been a nation of immigration. According to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection the purpose of migration is to build the economy, shape society, support the labour market and reunite family. As a result, Australia’s migration programme is underpinned by an ever-changing legislative and regulatory framework to meet this purpose….

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Motor Vehicle Accident - Driver on the Phone

Motor Car Accident Injures Driver, Negligent Driver of Vehicle Behind “On The Phone”

FACTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT Our client had been out socially with friends. He was headed home. As he drove along, he noticed the traffic lights up ahead were changing to red. He slowed down and came to a stop at the lights. A vehicle driven by a young lady was travelling in the same…

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Car Accident - Lucky to Survive

Project Manager Lucky to Survive Car Accident

  CAR ACCIDENT CLAIM Our client was on his way to work in his utility. He stopped at a set of traffic lights in order to make a right hand turn. Without warning, a truck crashed into the back of his vehicle, tossing it into the air and flipping it on its side. Fortunately the…

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