Serious injury sustained whilst working for host employer. Labourer succeeds with Negligence Claim

Our client worked for a labour-hire company as a construction labourer. This employer loaned our client out to various building companies where he performed labouring jobs. On this occasion, he had been sent to work for a construction company here in Sydney. The job the company had contracted to build was nearing completion and our…

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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. A few years ago, he started to feel symptoms of pain in his back….

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Scaffolder Wins Negligence Claim and Substantial Damages Payout

Working as a scaffolder/rigger is heavy, physically demanding work. Our client worked long hours six days a week constructing and bracing scaffolds, lifting and carrying scaffolding pipes, hammering metal in odd awkward positions and angles and erecting and dismantling scaffolding in all sorts of environments. By the end of the day he was exhausted. At…

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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 up to ten hours a day over very rough terrain. The seating in the dump truck was a specialised pneumatic design….

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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 reinforcing. On this particular day, our client was engaged with a team of co-workers on a concrete pour….

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ENS Visa, Cancer, Health Waiver Successful

Recently, Andrew Woo (Lawyer and Migration Agent) has successfully helped clients obtain a health waiver and ultimately Australian Permanent Resident visas.  Andrew’s primary applicant had been previously diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. BACKGROUND TO THE CASE Andrew’s client and her partner were young and wanted to explore the world. They made a fateful decision to…

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Maintenance carpenter work injury damages claim

Maintenance Carpenter Suffers Permanent Back/Leg Injuries Substantial Compensation Payment Secured

Our client lived and worked in country NSW. He had spent his entire working life working as a maintenance carpenter for various Government departments. Several years ago, he suffered a very serious injury to his back. On this occasion, he was directed to load a truck with equipment needed for a job. No assistance was…

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Motor vehicle accident

Insurance Officer Injured in Motor Vehicle Accident

INSURANCE OFFICER INJURED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT TURNS TO TAYLOR & SCOTT COMPENSATION LAWYERS, THE EXPERTS IN MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS FOR ASSISTANCE Our client worked for a large insurance company.  Whilst driving to the shops one day, a car came “from nowhere” on his left, failed to give way and collided with his car.  In the…

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Mother and child

Wife Granted Exclusive Occupation of Family Home After Husband Kicks Her Out

  After a 30 year relationship, our client found herself kicked out of the family home, with little more than a suitcase of her belongings.  While our client was eager to try and resolve the matter by agreement, the husband felt he was in the driver’s seat, comfortably living in the home, and was in…

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Fall Down Stairs At Work Leads To Psychological Problems

Kimberley Becker, Associate at Taylor & Scott, reports. Recently I acted for a lady who fell down a flight of stairs at work. As a result of the fall, she suffered a severe injury to her ankle. Following two bouts of hospitalisation and surgery, she developed a regional pain syndrome which has resulted in a…

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Shop Assistant “Bullied And Harassed” Wins Weekly Workers Compensation Payments And Medical Expenses

Recently, Kimberley Becker, Associate at Taylor & Scott, finalised a claim for a shop assistant. Our client had worked for a large supermarket chain for several years. Originally she worked the night shift, finishing work around midnight. Fortunately her husband had been able to change his shifts at his employment to the nightshift so he…

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Dogman Loses Leg Negligence Claim Brought By Taylor & Scott

Recently, the litigation team at Taylor & Scott Lawyers completed a claim on behalf of a crane dogman who had his leg amputated below the knee when it was crushed by a falling steel frame. Our client was part of a team who were brought onto a factory site to assist in the dismantling and…

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Partners Visa

Hello, I am from Perth, Western Australia and are delighted to forward this testimonial for Taylor and Scott Lawyers. I had applied for a Partners Visa but unfortunately it was declined due to the expense of my medical treatment for a rare auto immune disease. My only option at that point was to complete a…

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