Simon Meigan

Partner

Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury

Simon Meigan - Taylor & Scott Lawyers

Simon joined Taylor & Scott in 2000 and heads our personal injury team. He practises extensively in all areas of compensation and litigation, in matters where clients have sustained minor disability through to catastrophic injury.

As an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury, he has fought for and won many claims recovering substantial damages for his clients.

Simon has proven very effective in achieving positive outcomes for individuals injured in any circumstance.

He is an experienced litigator in the areas of negligence and motor vehicle accidents, as well as being skilled in alternative dispute resolution.

Simon is an approved legal service provider to the Workers Independent Review Office (WIRO).

I enjoy advising and assisting clients to achieve a fair outcome for their case.”

Qualifications and Admissions

  • Bachelor of Laws
  • Admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales
  • Admitted to the High Court of Australia

Memberships and Industry Participation

  • Law Society of New South Wales
  • 2024  Doyles Guide -   Recommended Leading Public Liability Lawyers NSW
  • 2024 Doyles Guide  - Recommended Leading Work Injury Compensation Lawyers NSW
  • 2024 Doyles Guide – Recommended Leading Asbestos & Dust Diseases Compensation Lawyers NSW

Simon's Success Stories

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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Botched Biopsy Results in Medical Negligence Claim - Taylor & Scott

Recently, our medical negligence team led by Simon Meigan, Partner and Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury, secured a substantial settlement for a female client who consulted her doctor complaining of vulval irritat...
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Preparing Dinner Leads to Medical Negligence Claim

Our client lived in country NSW.  One evening she was preparing the evening meal.  Unfortunately while cutting some vegetables, the knife slipped and she suffered a deep cut to her thumb.  She headed to Ac...
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Freak Accident in Family Car Devastates Young Woman

Our client was heading to work as a painter and decorator in a country town. Riding his motorcycle, he was struck by a car which failed to stop and give way at a Stop sign. Our client was thrown from his bike and suffere...
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Articles by Simon

Doctor with patient||Mesothelioma

How Does informed Consent Work in Medical Negligence?

Everyone has to see a medical professional at some point or the other. On occasion, you or a family member may be told by the doctor that you will require invasive tests or even surgery as part of the treatment. You woul...
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Family at the doctors

5 Common Questions about Medical Negligence Claims in Australia

Anyone could experience medical negligence at some point. If care provided by a healthcare professional (such as a doctor, nurse or surgeon) or organisation (such as a hospital) falls below a reasonable standard, leaving...
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