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7 min readA back or spinal injury can quietly take away the thing your livelihood depends on. You push through it for as long …

6 min readA declined TPD claim can feel like a judgement on whether you are really unwell. It usually is not. Insurers refuse a …

7 min readIt is the question almost everyone asks first, and it is a fair one. If you cannot work again, you need to …

7 min readIf you have been injured in a car accident in New South Wales and started reading about compensation, you have probably run …

7 min readYou lifted something at work, or you felt your back go during a shift, and now you cannot do your job. You …

7 min readYou transfer someone who has begun to fall. You catch a resident mid slide because letting go was never an option. You …

5 min readYou spent perhaps twenty minutes with a doctor you had never met. Weeks later a report lands on your file saying you …

7 min readYour physiotherapist recommends another block of sessions. Your GP refers you for a scan. Your surgeon says an operation would help. Then …

7 min readIt is one of the first questions people ask after a motor accident, and one of the hardest to get a straight …

7 min readWhen you cannot work and the bills keep arriving, the question is not really about curiosity. It is about survival. How long …

6 min readInsurers make decisions about your claim constantly, and not all of them go your way. They can decide that your payments should …

8 min readFew decisions in a motor accident claim carry more weight than whether your injury is classified as a threshold injury. It sounds …

7 min readBeing hurt in a car accident is disorienting enough without having to work out how the compensation system runs. If you have …

8 min readWhen you have been injured in a car accident and cannot work, your weekly payments are often the only thing keeping the …

8 min readIf an illness or injury has left you unable to work, you may be sitting on a benefit you did not even …

8 min readBeing told your Total and Permanent Disability claim has been knocked back can feel like a second blow at the worst possible …

6 min readYou’ve been told you need surgery, your treating doctor agrees then the insurer refuses to approve it. For an injured worker in …

6 min readIn NSW workers compensation, your whole person impairment (WPI) percentage does far more than set the size of a lump sum. Once …

6 min readIf you’re receiving weekly payments through NSW workers compensation, one number quietly controls almost everything you’ll be paid: your PIAWE or pre …

6 min readReceiving a letter that says your workers compensation claim has been denied is stressful especially when you are injured out of work …

6 min readIf you’re receiving weekly payments through NSW workers compensation, a “work capacity decision” is one of the most important pieces of correspondence …

6 min readIf you have been seriously injured at work in New South Wales because your employer did something unsafe, the standard workers compensation …

7 min readIf you have been left with a permanent injury after a workplace accident in New South Wales, you may be entitled to …