Public Liability Personal Injury Claims

SRB Legal’s teams use their extensive knowledge, experience and expertise in policy coverage and indemnity and personal injuries to assess each claim. Our teams then work with clients to develop the right strategy and approach to resolve any claim, whether routine or highly complex in nature. Our lawyers are acquainted with all relevant legislation that can apply to these claims, in particular the Occupiers Liability Act and the Civil Liability Act and utilise this knowledge to ensure that available statutory defences and restrictions on damages are relied on where appropriate.

Early resolution is always targeted, however where claims have proved to be incapable of reasonable settlement and where strong defences exist, we then act on behalf of our clients to defend the claim before the courts. We have has successfully defended numerous matters in this way, including claims dealt with in the Magistrates Court, District Court and Supreme Court, as well as appeals to the WA Court of Appeal and, on several occasions, to the High Court.

SRB Legal’s personal injury teams have acted on many claims over the years, including:

• fatal accident dependency claims
• catastrophic injury claims (e.g. quadriplegia, paraplegia, brain damage)
• claims involving psychological and psychosocial factors, including nervous shock claims
• slip and fall claims
• allergic reactions, asthma, and respiratory diseases
• exposure to noxious chemicals and other hazardous substances.
• accidents using equipment such as laboratory apparatus, materials handling, tools, machinery, cranes and many various others
• claims involving voluntary workers
• food contamination cases.
• claims involving joint tortfeasors, policy indemnity and dual insurance issues.
• occupiers liability claims
• assaults and cases involving physical abuse, sexual and mental harassment, as well as sexual assault and special issues claims
• recovery and contribution claims.