Personal Injury Lawyers in Brisbane

Injury claims in Queensland follow different paths depending on how the injury happened. Workplace injuries usually go through workers’ compensation, while road injuries are claimed through compulsory third party (CTP) insurance. Brisbane injury firms often handle public liability claims too, such as falls in shops or on council land. Each scheme has its own forms and deadlines, so it helps to know early which one applies.

Many local firms offer a free first meeting to look at whether you may have a claim. Ask how fees work if the claim fails, and who will be your main contact while it runs. Bring any medical certificates and correspondence from insurers to that meeting, since these help the lawyer give clearer advice.

Carter Capner Law
Level 18, 150 Charlotte Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Tel: (07) 3210 3444

Carter Capner Law is a Brisbane compensation firm with its main office on Charlotte Street in the CBD and further offices at Woolloongabba and Browns Plains. Its practice covers road and work accidents, workers’ compensation, public liability, medical mistakes, defective products, professional negligence, travel and recreational accidents, police misconduct and class actions. Appointments can be held by phone, video, at home or in hospital, and the firm takes on claims from across Queensland.

Hall Payne Lawyers
Ground Floor, 27 Peel Street
South Brisbane QLD 4101
Tel: (07) 3017 2400

With its Brisbane office on Peel Street in South Brisbane, Hall Payne Lawyers also practises in New South Wales, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. Its personal injury team handles workplace injury claims, motor vehicle accidents, medical negligence, abuse claims and public liability, along with superannuation and TPD claims. In Queensland it also acts in black lung, silicosis, asbestos and other dust disease claims. The firm’s wider practice includes employment law and work for union members.
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Splatt Lawyers
69 Amelia Street
Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
Tel: 1800 700 125

Splatt Lawyers runs its personal injury practice from Amelia Street in Fortitude Valley, with offices in centres including Ipswich, Logan, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. Its work covers road accidents, workers’ compensation and WorkCover appeals, psychological injury and public liability claims such as slips and falls or claims against councils, along with TPD, income protection and life insurance claims. The firm states that it does not handle medical negligence. Free first consultations and home or hospital visits are offered.
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McInnes Wilson Lawyers
Level 23, Central Plaza, 345 Queen Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Tel: (07) 3231 0600

McInnes Wilson Lawyers handles compensation claims from its Queen Street office in the Brisbane CBD. Its practice includes motor vehicle accidents for drivers and pedestrians, a cycling accident practice and a motorcycle practice, as well as birth trauma and medical negligence claims. Other claim types listed on its site include asbestos and dust related illness, boating accidents, product liability, public liability, workplace injuries and TPD claims.
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Shine Lawyers
13/160 Ann Street
Brisbane City QLD 4000
Tel: (07) 3006 6000

Shine Lawyers has its Brisbane office on Ann Street in the CBD. Services offered from that office include motor vehicle accident and workers’ compensation claims, medical negligence, public liability and product liability, along with superannuation and disability insurance claims. The firm also acts in abuse claims, brain injury matters, toxic exposure including silica and dust diseases, travel accident claims and class actions.
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Turner Freeman Lawyers
Level 8, 239 George Street
Brisbane City QLD 4000
Tel: (07) 3025 9000

Turner Freeman Lawyers works from George Street in the Brisbane CBD as part of a national firm. Its Brisbane office handles personal injury and compensation claims, including motor vehicle injuries, workers’ compensation, medical negligence and public liability, as well as asbestos disease compensation. Superannuation, TPD and insurance claims are also covered, and the office offers wills and estates work plus employment and workplace relations advice.
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Workplace injuries and WorkCover

According to WorkSafe Queensland, WorkCover Queensland insures most employers, while some employers insure themselves and manage their own claims. There is usually a time limit for lodging a claim, often within six months of the date you were first seen by a doctor. A valid claim needs both a work capacity certificate and an application for compensation.

Employers must report a work related injury within eight days of becoming aware of it. That report is separate from your own claim, so lodging yours is still up to you.

Costs agreements with your lawyer

Many injury firms work on conditional costs agreements, often called no win, no fee. The Legal Services Commission says these agreements must be in writing, in plain language and signed by the client. They must also allow a cooling off period of at least five days in most cases.

Read the agreement before you sign and ask what you may still owe if the claim does not succeed. Under some agreements, outlays such as medical reports may be payable either way. If anything in the agreement is unclear, ask for it to be explained before you sign.