Compensation

If you were injured in a motor vehicle accident in NSW or a providing medical treatment to someone was injured, it is critical that you be aware of changes to the motor accident injury compensation scheme that will come into force from 1 April 2023. The changes have a significant impact on the rights of injured people and the amount of treatment that can be obtained through the NSW motor accident scheme, regardless of whether the driver was at fault for the accident or not.

It’s not compulsory to retain a lawyer to pursue a CTP compensation claim in NSW, however if you choose not to, there can be serious repercussions for the success of your claim and compensation entitlements. The best type of lawyer to represent you is an Accredited Specialists in Personal Injury Law as they are formally recognised by the NSW Law Society. Many have considerable experience in representing injured people against well resourced insurance companies who have trained claims staff, lawyers and barristers defending your claim.

Advantage Legal Principal Solicitors, Ana Jaglic and Leigh Davidson have recently achieved their Specialist Accreditation in Personal Injury law.

Looking for answers about NSW compensation claims? The Advantage Legal ‘Compensation Insider’ series provides injured people, allied health providers and medical professionals with answers to questions that commonly arise from NSW personal injury compensation claims in both a short and snappy format as well as a more comprehensive form.

People react differently to being involved in a motor accident. That’s why the NSW CTP scheme requires insurance companies to customise individual recovery plans. A tailored approach to rehabilitation can often be the difference between a full recovery or lifelong issues.

If you’ve been injured in a motor vehicle accident on or after 1 December 2017 in NSW, you will inevitably have heard the term ‘minor injury’. You may be wondering what this means in the context of your particular claim and how it will impact your entitlement to compensation. This blog provides an overview of the concept of minor injury in the context of the NSW CTP scheme.

In the past, if you were injured in a motor accident in NSW you would need to wait anywhere between two to five years to receive a compensation payment from a CTP insurer. Understandably, this drawn out process put injured people and their families under considerable financial pressure.

So, you’ve been involved in a car accident in NSW in 2019. You’ve heard that the Police don’t always come to the scene of the accident anymore and that the CTP laws have recently changed.  But what does that all mean right now, in the heat of the moment?  Here’s the nuts and bolts of

If you haven’t been involved in a motor vehicle accident, consider yourself lucky. In 2017, 12,055 serious injuries occurred as a result of motor vehicle accidents in NSW leading to hospitalisation.  There were also 367 fatalities in 2017, a figure which sadly was overtaken by October 2018. Whilst the statistics alone are frightening, the point

If you’ve been injured in a motor vehicle accident, one of the first things you need to do is obtain a medical certificate from your General Practitioner.   This is an important first step in a CTP claim and will also help you long-term in claiming the appropriate benefits from the CTP insurer. Your medical