Questions About Liability Claims
What is public liability?
What is product liability?
What is occupiers liability?
What are you entitled to claim under public liability law?
Can I access a lump sum payment through a public liability claim?
I think I have a public liability claim, what do I do next?
Do I need legal advice from a public liability lawyer?
Shine Lawyers offer a no win-no charge arrangement for public liability claims
Public Liability and Product Liability Information
Occupiers and public liability law covers a wide range of circumstances where a person suffers injury or death.
Shine Lawyers’ public liability experts commonly litigate recreational or sporting accidents, defective products, and accidents in other public or private buildings. Other examples of public liability claims include:
• slips or falls
• schoolyard injuries
• amusement venue injuries
• recreational and sporting injuries
• injuries in parks or other public places
• domestic injuries e.g. landlord/tenant
• injuries in private buildings (e.g. commercial buildings, shopping centres)
• plane or boat injuries
• food poisoning
• injuries caused by animals, e.g. dog attacks, horse-riding accidents
• physical assaults
• sexual assaults
• diving accidents
• product liability including defective products
Product Liability is a specific area of public liability law. All manufacturers have a duty to ensure that the products you consume are reasonably safe for public use.
If you sustain an injury, harm or suffering as the result of a faulty, unsafe or defective product, whether it was bought by you or someone else, you are entitled to make a claim for product liability compensation.
Occupiers liability is a specific area of public liability law that involves the occupier of a premises, such as an owner or a tenant. The occupier has a duty of care to ensure their premises are safe for people who they can reasonably foresee will enter the property, regardless of whether the property is privately or publicly owned.
Time limits apply so if you've been injured through no fault of your own seek legal advice as soon as possible.
Compensation for a public liability claim may include;
• medical expenses (including future costs)
• loss of earnings
• pain and suffering
• loss of enjoyment of life
• home help and nursing provided by anyone
If you suffer an injury as a result of somebody else’s negligence you are entitled to compensation. In many public liability injuries, insurance policies are commonly in place. Commercial and other premises will almost always carry appropriate public liability insurance as well as personal public liability insurance that many of us have attached to our home or contents’ policies.
Many of us have a personal insurance policy, such as life insurance, superannuation, income protection insurance, sickness and accident insurance and can access a lump sum payment through our policy if we sustain an injury in an accident.
At Shine Lawyers we have experienced public liability lawyers to assist you in identifying whether such benefits exist in your superannuation and/or insurance policy and submit an application on your behalf. If your application is rejected, your public liability lawyer will advise you of the process for challenging the decision.
If you think you have a public liability claim for compensation, please answer these three simple questions:
• Was someone responsible for the accident that occurred?
• Did you require medical assistance for your injury?
• Was there something that could/should have been done to prevent your accident?
To ensure that you are getting the best advice for your public liability claim please seek independent legal advice at the earliest opportunity from sustaining your injury. Recent changes in public liability and occupiers laws throughout Australia mean that in some States and Territories, strict thresholds apply which may limit the amount of compensation recoverable, or which may preclude an injured person from being entitled to claim compensation at all if their injury is not of a certain severity.
A claim for damages (also called a Common Law claim) is usually the only way that substantial compensation can be obtained for the full effects of your injury. Shine Lawyers have dedicated public liability experts to help guide you through the complicated injury assessment process to give you the best chance of securing the maximum possible benefits.
If you engage a public liability lawyer as soon as practical from becoming injured, you will be well prepared to deal with many of the challenges that may emerge in the course of your claim. Early investigation and information gathering is critical to the success of your claim. The quality of the evidence may affect the compensation amount.
Shine Lawyers’ focus on personal injury compensation as our core business, which has enabled superior efficiency and consistent performance. Your highest priority should be to maximise the extent of your physical and psychological recovery.
Making a claim for public liability requires great care in order to ensure that you receive your maximum entitlement. If your injury has been caused through the negligence of another person, contact Shine Lawyers for an obligation free consultation about a claim.
Shine Lawyers also offer an obligation free initial consultation with one of our public liability lawyers. We can offer private legal advice to help us make an accurate and individual assertion of your public liability claim. If you decide to proceed, and we believe you have a viable public liability claim, we will act on a no win - no charge basis, including out-of-pocket expenses.
At Shine Lawyers, we have extensive experience in preparing and successfully pursuing applications for public liability. Our public liability lawyers work exclusively in this area of personal injury litigation, giving us detailed knowledge assessment methods to efficiently prepare and submit your public liability claim and ensure that you receive your maximum entitlement.
This personalised approach is how Shine Lawyers try to reduce the stress that an injury can cause in the lives of innocent people and their families. To ensure that you get the best result for your public liability claim benefits speak with one of our experienced public liability lawyers.
For obligation free assistance in making a public liability claim, contact Shine Lawyers on 13 11 99.
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