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WINNER Personal Injury Law Firm of the Year

Police and emergency services work injury lawyers.

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If you’ve been injured on duty, speak to a lawyer from Australia’s largest specialist personal injury firm.

We’ll uncover all your entitlements – which may include workers compensation benefits and lump sums, and if you can’t return to work, an additional lump sum payout through your super.

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What can I claim for a police or emergency services injury?

The amount you can claim depends on your injury along with how and where it happened. Here’s a summary of potential entitlements:

This includes weekly payments to compensate you for lost income while you’re off work, and medical expenses to cover your healthcare, rehabilitation treatments and travel costs.

If your whole person impairment (WPI) assessment is over a certain threshold, you might also qualify for a permanent impairment payout. Finally, a work injury damages (WID) payout may be available as a lump sum if your injury was caused by your employer’s negligence.

 


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We’ll get you more compensation.

Police or emergency services injuries can often mean time off work, unplanned expenses, and financial stress. At Law Partners, we get to know you and your family to learn about your life before you were injured. We look beyond your injuries, to understand your work, family, social and financial situation. Then we look at what’s changed. Many of our clients’ emergency services injuries have led to other life complications and health issues. By getting to know you personally we identify these issues to make sure we claim all your entitlements. That’s why you’ll get more compensation with Law Partners on your side.


What injuries can I claim for?

No matter how you’ve been injured, we’re here to help. Emergency services workers are generally at higher risk of injuries from trips and falls and motor vehicle accidents. Here are general situations that are among the most common emergency services work claims:

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Police line of duty.

Injuries from chasing and apprehending offenders, gun belt-related injuries, and other accidents in the line of duty.

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Ambulance officers and paramedics.

Overexertion and body stress, exposure to harmful substances, and assaults can lead to injuries to ambulance workers and paramedics.

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Firefighting and rescues.

Falls and jumps, direct contact with fire, hazardous materials, excessive heat and lifting significant weights can all be injury causes.

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Psychological injuries.

You can also claim for psychological injuries such as PTSD, whether they were caused by a one-off incident or have accumulated over time from a series of traumatic events.

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Get FREE claim advice today.

A specialist lawyer will review your circumstances and tell you how much you can claim.

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Tell us about your claim.

Speak with one of our local, friendly lawyers today and find out if you can claim. It’s a free service for you.

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We’ll get to know you.

Your lawyer will ask more questions and get to know you personally to work out everything you’re entitled to.

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We’ll offer to start your claim.

We’ll explain how we can claim all your compensation and give you our ‘no win no fee’ guarantee. The choice to proceed is all yours.


Frequently asked questions.

Yes, if you’re a casual employee injured at work, you’re entitled to claim workers compensation. Workers compensation for casual employees is not only limited to citizens and permanent residents. If you’re on a visa that permits you to work in Australia and you’re injured at work, you’re still eligible to claim workers compensation benefits.

A no win no fee lawyer offers to run your case for you and only get paid when you win. If you choose the right lawyer, it’s an excellent option that allows you to pursue your claim without any risk, but it’s important to check the lawyer’s costs agreement to fully understand what’s covered. With some no win no fee lawyers you can still end up having to pay thousands of dollars in disbursements if your case is unsuccessful. This is because their no win no fee agreements cover their professional fees but not the costs they incur. At Law Partners, our no win no fee, no disbursements guarantee covers all our costs and disbursements as well as our professional fees, so you can pursue your claim with peace of mind.

If your workers compensation claim is denied, there are options open to you to dispute the decision.

The insurer that has denied your claim must notify you in writing of their reasons for the denial and provide information on the next steps available to you.

Here are some examples of common disputes:

  • The insurer doesn’t consider the person making the claim to be a ‘worker’ (under the legislation).
  • The insurer considers that employment wasn’t the main contributing factor to the injury.
  • It wasn’t ‘reasonably necessary’ to have the medical treatment or to incur other expenses claimed.

If you have a dispute with an insurer, here are some options:

  • Request an internal review by the insurer, who must respond within 14 days.
  • Lodge a dispute directly with the PIC.
  • Call Law Partners for free legal advice – it may be possible for us to provide you with a lawyer at no cost to you.

How we can help you.

Here are four ways our personal injury lawyers can get more compensation for your injury:

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Dispute the workers compensation insurer’s decision if they’ve denied any part of your claim or any treatment.

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Check your WPI assessment to see if you qualify for a permanent impairment lump sum payment.

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Investigate the circumstances of your injury to determine if there are other claims you can make, such as a lump sum damages claim.

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If you’re unable to work, we can review your superannuation policies to see if you’re entitled to a TPD lump sum.

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You’re in safe hands with Law Partners.

Your personal injury lawyer is backed by a team of specialists including paralegals, medico-legal experts, forensic accountants and barristers. Your team will work hard for you, check in with you regularly and always keep you up to date with your case. You’re in safe hands with Australia’s largest specialist personal injury firm.

Chantille Khoury is a Principal at Law Partners. She specialises in motor accident injury, public liability and workers compensation.

Chantille Khoury

Principal

Many lawyers have the technical ability to run a successful case but being able to connect with your client through a personal approach is what separates the great lawyers from the good lawyers. And it’s this combination that my team and I bring to every case.

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Sarah King is an Associate at Law Partners. She specialises in Workers Compensation.

Sarah King

Associate

If you truly empathise with your clients and understand what a successful outcome would mean to them, you’ll naturally be driven to succeed. Every client deserves a Solicitor who possesses this natural drive.

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Mimi Tuco

Senior Associate

I live by the mantra that nothing great comes without hard work. And this is so true when it comes to personal injury law, as no great outcome can be achieved without putting in the work and building the best possible case.

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Natalie Pawlikowski

Managing Solicitor

I strive to always deliver a level of client care that I’d want for my family if they needed compensation. And it starts with communication and using plain language that’s easy for my clients to understand.

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Angy Basal is an Associate at Law Partners. Her speciality practice area is workers compensation.

Angy Basal

Managing Solicitor

I firmly believe that honesty with great client care, is the best recipe for achieving the optimal outcome in every claim. And this is what I strive to achieve for every client.

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Bianca Azzopardi is an Associate at Law Partners. She specialises in Workers Compensation law.

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Senior Associate

My professional approach revolves around client transparency – ensuring clients are informed and always feel comfortable enough to be able to ask any questions or express any concerns. This for me, is a healthy client/solicitor relationship.

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Andrew Edward-Joy

Managing Solicitor

No matter what the case, my main priority is to always act in the best interests of my client, whilst never compromising on client service.

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Robert Hopper is a Managing Solicitor at Law Partners. His speciality practice area is workers compensation.

Robert Hopper

Senior Managing Solicitor

Without doubt, communication is the key to law, particularly when dealing with clients who are in stressful situations. It’s not just about giving good advice but equally, giving that advice in a way that is clear and easy to comprehend.

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Why should I choose Law Partners?

Caring for our clients drives everything we do – that’s why thousands of Australians every year choose Law Partners.

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Your legal team will check in with you regularly and always keep you up to date with your case.

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We’ll match you with an expert lawyer who specialises in compensation claims just like yours.

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We’ll build a personal relationship with you to ensure we understand the true impact of your injuries.

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We win over 99% of our cases, offer a ‘no win no fee’ guarantee, and pride ourselves in winning you more compensation.

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We’re rated 4.9 from 1202 reviews on Google.

I would like to give a huge sincere thank you to Chantille and her team who helped me with probably the most difficult period of my life, Chantille was caring, honest, thoughtful, understanding and listened to me without judgment and importantly was supportive, I was updated every step of the way and informed of all the proceedings, time frames and possible outcomes.

Chantille was professional and made me feel comfortable at all times, she is caring and worked diligently with me to achieve the best possible outcome, I couldn’t be more pleased with the result. Every person I came in contact with was genuine and eager to assist in every way possible from the receptionists all the way up, absolutely wonderful people.

Thank you all for being there in my time of need and thank for laughing at my jokes bless you all.

Angelo Soulintzis gave Law Partners a
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So grateful to Lara Karam and her team for all the help they provided throughout my claim. They were attentive, caring and very knowledgeable. Thank you Law Partners for all your help!! I highly recommend.

Stacey Baker gave Law Partners a
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This company has been very good to me in trying to get me some resources from the company where I was hurt or injured they have been very good in contacting me and they seem very knowledgeable of what they doing especially the younger lady Sarah King she is a brilliant Solicitor I would have her beside me any day to fight for me.

Unfortunately The company that I had the injury with are stating they have no information or records or video now of the accident so I have to withdraw my case because of them stating they have no information or records on my case but they’re not telling the truth because it really happened and I can’t fight goliath I’m only the little person needless to say Sarah has been really wonderful in trying to fight goliath for me so if anyone ever needs to have a good representation of a solicitor I recommend this company very very well it’s just a shame I have had to withdraw through the people saying where the accident happened they have no record it never happened but it did.

This company is a great company for people who have all the proof they need to pursue their accident case highly recommend this company

Barbie Runciman gave Law Partners a
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I would like to thank Law Partners for all their help and support through out my claim. Every member of Law Partners from start to finish were so helpful, and went above and beyond keeping me updated and well informed of any changes.

Very professional team that kept my best interest and what would be best for me at all times in mind. Cannot thank them enough; would highly recommend them in an instant.

Made me feel like part of their family. Thanks for everything again guys.

Adam Gollnitz gave Law Partners a
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I couldn’t be happier with my choice. Professional, thorough and caring. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this firm and Bianca in particular. On your side when you need it the most.

Petre Rosengren gave Law Partners a
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I am lucky enough to have Angy Basal and Georgia McPherson on my side all the way through to my worker compensation claim. Since they took over my case, I never worried about legal side. Very professional and very easy to reach and understand a situation really well and finally they have won a legal battle with my insurer.

I will highly recommend Law Partners to those who are struggling with legal battles with insurance or with their employer. Thanks very much for treating me with dignity and respect.

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Law Partners Sydney is the most professional law firm I have ever dealt with. They are extremely diligent and have their clients best interest in all that they do. I could not recommend them enough.

NK gave Law Partners a
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I would like to thank you for the outstanding professionalism at Law Partners. From the receptionists to secretaries and of course the lawyers were all very helpful and overall I am very pleased with the outcome of my case so I highly recommend Law Partners.

Joseph B gave Law Partners a
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My family and I would like to thank the Law Partners team for their valuable support during a difficult time for us. They were always willing to help and kept us updated throughout the whole claims process. We couldn’t have achieved such a great outcome without Law Partners on our side.

Melissa A gave Law Partners a
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Thank you and all your staff for the help you have provided in these trying times. I was feeling pretty negative about my future but after my first meeting with my lawyer I knew I had someone on my side who really wanted to help me. I wouldn’t hesitate recommending you to anyone who needs your services.

Cem O gave Law Partners a
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I would just like to take this opportunity to thank Law Partners for their services. The outcome was excellent and right from the first meeting to the last, Law Partners made the whole process feel seamless and effortless! I was pretty uncertain at first choosing a lawyer but so glad I chose Law Partners.

Shani D gave Law Partners a
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I just wanted to say thank you for everything Law Partners have done for my family and I over the last 18 or so months. Thank you so much for handling our case with the utmost professionalism and thank you for always being just a phone call or email away to answer our questions and give us a great result.

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