Non Fungible Tokens or NFT’s for short gained enormous popularity during 2021. The rise of projects such as Crypto Punks and Bored Apes became huge successes with each NFT being valued at over $100,000.
At Compensation Lawyers our goal is to support people’s well being and...
Car accidents can happen anywhere at any time. It doesn’t matter how defensive you are as a driver or how fast your reaction times are, it won’t stop you being injured if you are hit by a careless or reckless driver. It could be someone who has nodded off behind the wheel on a long...
A Canberra surgeon, Dr. Richard Hocking, has been accused of medical negligence after an operation on a patient’s knee in Tasmania has been alleged to have gone wrong, leading to the knee being amputated. The orthopaedic surgeon has refuted any suggestion that his surgical technique led...
The Queensland Government is committed to getting the state’s annual fatality road toll down to less than 200, but is it possible and what are the main factors causing deaths on Queensland roads to remain so high?
Trend shows decline over time
Despite the fact that there are more...
If you are a resident of Victoria and have been injured by another driver in another state, or you are anyone who has been injured within Victoria itself you may be compensated for your injury on a no-fault basis by the state’s accident insurance commission, TAC (which stands for the...
When you seek medical treatment of any sort, you have certain expectations.
A patient expects to be treated with respect from skilled professionals, receive an accurate diagnosis, have surgeries carefully performed, and medications prescribed accurately and safely.
Sometimes, however...
Unfortunately, the workplace is the setting for many abuses and violations of basic legal rights. From sexual harassment to discrimination, there are a number of serious issues that can arise while merely doing your job.
These difficult situations are exactly why employment lawyers are a...
Suffering an injury because of medical negligence can be traumatic and can result in both long-term and short-term stress.
Medical negligence is by no means a rarity either: there are almost 3000 medical negligence claims each year in Australia. If you are injured because of medical...
It can really happen to anybody.
You are going through your normal daily routine and something completely out of your control occurs and injures you. It can come out of nowhere and really affect your livelihood for an extended period of time.
So what action can you take to make sure that...
The extraordinary case of fake doctor, Shyam Acharya, employed in a number of NSW hospitals between 2003 and 2014, begs the question of just how many medical personnel in our hospitals actually know what they are doing.
Has the case of Jayant Patel come back to haunt us in NSW?
Shyam...
