Motorcycle Accident Injury Lawyers in Sydney and NSW.

You can lodge your own claim without using a lawyer. However, it’s important to understand that if you leave out important details in your application, or if your certificate of fitness isn’t completed correctly, it’s likely you’ll miss out on benefits you’re entitled to. Our motorcycle accident injury lawyers can advise you on how to make sure you claim everything you’re entitled to, and we’ll provide free advice over the phone.

We work on a no win no fee, no disbursements basis, so you’ll only need to pay our fees if we win, and you receive your motorcycle accident compensation.

There’s a schedule of regulated fees a lawyer can be paid to assist you for claims up to $75,000.

• These fees are paid by the insurer.
• If your settlement amount is greater than $75,000, the insurer will contribute to your fees. We’ll provide you with a schedule of these fees, set out in an agreement.
• This agreement is known as a “costs agreement”, and only applies to the amount we charge for your claim over the $75,000 threshold.
• The regulated fees still apply to the work we do for the first $75,000 of your claim and are still paid by the insurer.

Once you submit your claim for motorcycle accident compensation it will be reviewed by the CTP insurer of the at-fault vehicle, which must send you a letter within one month to tell you if it’s accepting or denying the claim. If it accepts the claim, the insurer will then start making fortnightly payments to you.

The CTP insurer will then send you a second liability decision within three months of your claim being lodged. This liability decision indicates whether your injuries have been classified as below or above threshold and who is at fault for the accident.

If your motorcycle injury claim is successful:

• You should receive 95% of your pre-accident weekly earnings for the first 14 weeks.
• Your payments will drop to 80-85% of your pre-accident weekly earnings after week 14.
• From week 78 it reduces to 80-85% of your ‘loss of earning capacity’.
• Income benefits will stop at 52 weeks if you were the driver mostly at fault or your injuries are threshold.*
• Treatment is available after 52 weeks even if your injuries are threshold injuries or you were at fault.*
• Income support stops at 24 months – to receive support beyond that, you’ll need to submit a separate application for a lump sum (an Application for Damages under Common Law).

*Note: if you were at fault and your accident happened prior to 1 April 2023, your income support, medical, and home care expenses will be limited to six months.

In NSW, lump sum motorcycle injury claim payouts (common law damages) are available to people with above-threshold injuries who are not at fault.

• Lump sum payouts for above-threshold psychological or psychiatric injuries cover diagnosed psychological or psychiatric illnesses such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as a range of others.
• Lump sum payouts for above-threshold physical injuries are for more serious injuries like fractures. They also include nerve injuries, injuries that require surgery, brain injuries, and scarring.