Palmers Compensation Lawyers are No Win No Fee Personal Injury Lawyers, specialising in all areas of personal injury law, including motor vehicle accident claims, workplace injury claims, medical negligence claims & other compensation claims arising from injury due to the negligence or wrongful act or omission of another.
What is a No Win No Fee legal service?
When we say that we will provide you with legal representation in your personal injury claim on a No Win No Fee basis, we are saying that we will speculate your claim. In other words, we will run your case for you, and we will pay for all the legal expenses involved in the running of your claim, and if we don’t obtain compensation for you at the end of your case, then we will not charge you anything whatsoever for the work we have done or the expenses we have incurred in your case.
If I obtain compensation, will you take all my compensation to pay your legal fees?
The answer to this is, “No, and we are not allowed to do this at law”.
When we speak to clients about bringing a No Win No Fee personal injury claim, they are often concerned that if we do achieve a compensation payment for them, then our legal fees will be such that they will end up with very little from their compensation payment, or, even more concerning, they could end up owing us something.
This cannot happen in Queensland because there is a specific law in place under the Legal Profession Act 2007 that protects clients from this very thing happening. The law in question is called “the 50/50 Rule“.
The 50/50 Rule in a personal injury claim
Pursuant to the 50/50 Rule, when we obtain compensation for your claim, even if our legal costs are more than the compensation we obtain for you, we have to reduce our legal fees so that we are always compliant with the 50/50 Rule. This means that you will always receive a majority of your damages from your injury compensation.
To learn more about our legal fees and how they are calculated at the end of your claim, as well as the 50/50 Rule, go to our webpage at the following link: Legal Fees – how we charge you at the end of your personal injury claim
Have you or someone you know been injured in accident or at work?
Have you, or has someone you know, had an injury from a car or work accident, or from the negligent actions of another? If so, then you or your friend or relative could have a right to claim injury compensation. Whatever your injury, even if you think your injury is only minor and will recover over time, you should not assess your injury or legal situation yourself. You should obtain expert advice.
Don’t assess your situation yourself – even minor injuries can have an impact or result in major problems later on
So often, we receive enquiries from those who have suffered what they thought was a minor injury, but then the injury has deteriorated over time, resulting in significant debilitation, impairing their capacity to work and even resulting in surgery, within months or years of the accident.
Real problems arise when these enquiries occur outside the limitation period applying to personal injury claims in Queensland, and the injured party has therefore lost all entitlement to claim any compensation for their injuries. This can be devastating, particularly when the enquirer is the major breadwinner and he or she is no longer able to support their family.
Also, injuries affect everyone differently. What may be minor to one person, may be perceived as debilitating by another. As in the case of Mr Austin, a truck driver who suffered injury when a milk crate fell on his head whilst unloading his truck. His head injury was assessed as minor by doctors, however, it resulted in damages of over $1 million dollars at trial, because the injury impaired his ability to work as a truck driver (see the case of Austin v Parmalat Australia Pty Ltd [2013] QSC 227).
So even if you, or doctors are telling you, your injury is a minor one that will recover over time, you should still seek legal advice about your situation, and from an expert in personal injury claims who has the experience to identify whether you should be bringing a compensation claim. This is where we can help. CALL US on 1300 388 383, Livechat with us, or submit one of our FREE Instant Case Appraisal forms on our website.
Your enquiry will be totally FREE of charge, completely confidential and without obligation.
As indicated above, there are time limits that apply to personal injury claims in Queensland, which if missed can result in you losing all rights whatsoever to pursue compensation for your injuries.