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Real Wins, Life-Changing Results

Explore a selection of real cases where our expert legal team secured significant, life-changing compensation for our clients. Each result represents a story of resilience and our commitment to achieving justice.

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Motor Vehicle Pending

Rear-End MVA — Youth Worker with Whiplash & Anxiety

Vehicle failed to give way; shoulder and hip injuries affected manual work.

Injury: Whiplash, Shoulder Pain, Anxiety
Time to Settle: 8 months
Occupation: Youth Worker
Settlement $250,000
Motor Vehicle Pending

Commercial Cleaner — Mount Coot-tha Vehicle Accident

Multiple injuries impacting ability to work in a physically demanding cleaning role.

Injury: Multiple Soft Tissue Injuries
Time to Settle: 6 months
Occupation: Commercial Cleaner
Settlement $163,000

Why Choose Us

The Expertise & Care You Deserve

Achieving successful outcomes requires more than just legal knowledge. It demands a dedicated team who listens, understands, and fights for you every step of the way.

QLD Law Society Accredited Specialists

Our team includes lawyers recognised by the QLD Law Society as experts in personal injury law, ensuring the highest level of expertise for your claim.

Our No Win, No Fee Promise

We remove the financial risk. You won't pay any legal fees unless we win, providing you with access to justice and peace of mind from day one.

Decades of Dedicated Advocacy

Since 1944, we have proudly represented Queenslanders, building a long-standing reputation for integrity, compassion, and successful advocacy.

Payout Averages

The Value of Expertise: QLD Payout Insights

Select a claim type below to see how legal representation can impact average payouts and timelines in Queensland. These figures are based on public data and illustrate the significant difference expert legal guidance can make.

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Direct with Insurer

≈ $13,000
Typical payout (minor claims)

Self-managed CTP claims tend to under-capture future loss. Insurers are not obligated to calculate this for you, leading to settlements that often only cover immediate wage loss and treatment.

Key Factors:

  • ISV severity score (Civil Liability Regulation)
  • Past & future medical/rehab funding
  • Past & future income loss
  • Contributory negligence adjustments

With Legal Representation

≈ $99,000
Typical payout (minor claims)

Specialists quantify all damages, delivering ~7.5–8.3× higher outcomes. This is because lawyers build an evidence base, including expert reports to quantify future economic loss (over 50% of a claim’s value).

Est. Net Payout (After Fees)
≈ $49,500+

Typical Settlement Timeline

6–12 months · Median ~9

Key Considerations

  • MAIC oversight; pre-court procedures apply
  • ISV caps general damages
  • Early settlement risks undervaluing future loss

Statutory (No-Fault) Only

$4k – $40k
Lump sum (1–10% WPI)

Provides essential income support and treatment, plus a modest lump sum for permanent impairment. It does not cover future economic loss or pain & suffering damages.

Common Law Claim

≈ $188,000
Avg. common law payout (‘23–’24)

This path requires proving employer negligence. It allows for claims on future lost income and superannuation, components not covered by the statutory offer, resulting in a ~7x higher average.

Est. Net vs Max Statutory
+$123,847

Typical Settlement Timeline

12–18 months · Median ~15

Key Considerations

  • WCRA pre-court steps; must prove employer negligence
  • WPI guides thresholds and offers
  • Psychological claims require robust evidence

Direct with Providers/Insurers

$10k – $50k
Typical quick-settle range

Direct claims tend to cover immediate out-of-pocket bills only. Complex cross-border loss, future care, and liability of agents are often completely missed.

With Legal Representation

$50k – $350k+
Typical range (moderate–serious)

Specialist lawyers navigate the complex interplay of Australian Consumer Law, jurisdictional issues, and provider/agent liability to build a comprehensive case for damages.

Typical Settlement Timeline

9–18 months · Median ~12

Key Considerations

  • Australian Consumer Law & agency responsibility
  • Foreign venue standards & jurisdiction issues
  • Evidence preservation while overseas

Going Direct

Uncommon
Self-representation is rare

Proving a breach of duty and that the breach *caused* the injury requires extensive expert medical testimony, making self-representation virtually impossible.

With Legal Representation

~$372,000
Avg. (QLD public health)

Payouts reflect the often severe, lifelong impacts. Lawyers engage independent medical experts to build the case for causation and future care needs.

Typical Settlement Timeline

18–36 months · Median ~24

Key Considerations

  • Expert medical reports & causation nexus
  • Limitation periods & pre-litigation steps
  • High disbursement cost planning

Direct with Insurer

$10k – $50k
Typical payout (mild)

Quick offers rarely reflect long-term earning impact. Insurers hold all the historical data (“data-opacity”), giving them a significant advantage in negotiations.

With Legal Representation

$50k – $500k+
Typical range (moderate–serious)

Legal representation is key to overcoming the data imbalance, proving negligence (e.g., of a council or shopping centre), and valuing long-term damages.

Typical Settlement Timeline

9–15 months · Median ~12

Key Considerations

  • PIPA pre-court process; ISV thresholds
  • Contributory negligence discounts
  • Disclosure and surveillance issues

Direct with Operator/Insurer

$5k – $40k
Typical token settlements

Waivers and “inherent risk” defences are commonly asserted; unrepresented claimants struggle to counter these complex legal arguments.

With Legal Representation

$40k – $300k+
Typical range (moderate–serious)

Lawyers are essential to challenge complex waivers and “obvious risk” defences, arguing breaches in duty of care, equipment standards, or failures in supervision.

Typical Settlement Timeline

9–18 months · Median ~12

Key Considerations

  • CLA “obvious risk” & recreational activity provisions
  • Validity/scope of waivers and exclusions
  • Operator compliance with industry standards

Key Insights

Data-Driven Decisions: Why Representation Matters

In Queensland personal-injury schemes, lawyer involvement lifts outcomes by surfacing every compensable head of damage, timing settlement at medical stability, and countering insurer strategies that suppress value.

7.5× Higher Payout With Legal Representation
$99,000
Average CTP Payout (Minor Injury)
$13,000
Average Payout (Direct to Insurer)

The uplift is driven by properly quantified future income loss, care, and non-economic damages — categories often missed or under-claimed in direct deals. Represented claimants also receive, on average, 3.1x more funding for rehabilitation.

Why This Gap Exists

Evidence Depth & IMEs

Independent medical, vocational and economic reports turn notes into quantified long-term loss.

Negotiation Power

Low offers are tested against precedents and full costed briefs — with litigation leverage.

Full Heads of Damage

Future earnings, super, gratuitous care, aids, home mods and travel — all itemised.

Fees & Risk Shield

QLD’s 50/50 cap protects clients; successful actions often recover part of costs.

How This Value is Achieved

1

Assess & Stabilise

Wait for medical stability so long-term impacts are known — avoid early, undervalued settlements.

2

Evidence & Experts

Commission IMEs and economic/vocational reports that quantify future loss and care needs.

3

Value & Model

Build a heads-of-damage model (income, care, treatment, general damages) with ranges.

4

Negotiate & Test

Challenge lowball offers with data and precedent; use pre-court steps to force fair valuation.

5

Resolve Net > Gross

Settle when the net (after fees) beats any realistic DIY outcome — not just the gross number.

Important Legal Information: The material on this page is general information, not legal advice. Figures, ranges, timelines, success rates, and “with lawyer vs direct” comparisons are illustrations derived from publicly available sources (including, for example, the Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC), WorkCover Queensland, the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994, the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, the Civil Liability Act 2003, the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 and Queensland scheme summaries), industry analyses, and de-identified law-firm data where noted. Some contextual references may also draw on widely cited national datasets (e.g., APRA/NCPD and Insurance Council reporting). These sources update over time; the content is current only at the time of publication and may change without notice.

Outcomes vary substantially by injury severity (including ISV/WPI), medical stability and prognosis, causation, liability and contributory negligence findings, vocational profile and earning capacity, care/treatment needs, litigation risk, insurer practices, applicable legislation and jurisdiction (QLD vs interstate/overseas), and the evidence ultimately available (including independent medical and economic reports). Any payout ranges, “typical” figures, ratios (e.g., ~7.5× uplift), success rates, funding multiples (e.g., ~3.1× rehab), and timeframes (e.g., 6–12 months) are indicative only and do not predict, guarantee, or promise a similar outcome in any matter. Net-of-fees comparisons are illustrative and depend on your retainer, outlays/disbursements, recoverable costs, and the final settlement structure.

This information is not intended to encourage the commencement of proceedings. In Queensland, strict advertising rules apply to personal injury services under the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 and related regulations. If you engage a law firm, professional fees and outlays will be payable by you; in Queensland, certain fee protections apply (commonly referred to as the “50/50 rule”), but the precise costs and caps depend on your retainer and the result. You should obtain independent legal advice tailored to your circumstances before acting or relying on any of this information. No solicitor–client relationship is created by viewing this page. Where any statement on this page is inconsistent with the governing legislation or scheme rules, the legislation and official scheme materials prevail.

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