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One of cricket’s most contentious legal battles has finally reached an in-principle insurance settlement. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc reached the $1.53 million settlement on Monday 10 August, only two days before his case was due to be heard in the Victorian County...

You could claim thousands of dollars in compensation for mortgage mis-selling. Thousands of Australian homeowners have been left in a financial bind after being sold interest-only mortgages from brokers determined to earn their commissions. Owners have been left...

The NSW Government has announced the establishment of a new Personal Injury Commission (PIC). The June announcement reveals the NSW government has introduced a bill designed to create a ‘one-stop-shop’ to simplify the process for personal injury compensation claims...

Years of illegal strip-search claims have been slowly eroding public confidence in the police, and now NSW lawyers are preparing to launch a class-action lawsuit against the NSW police force.The decision follows years of misconduct and mountains of evidence showing...

A former client of Shine Lawyers has brought a claim of negligence against her former solicitors, alleging that she was poorly advised in accepting a $150,000 settlement. The claimant, Natalie Manasse, was hit by a bus back in 2009 which caused cervical and lumbar...

One of the main reasons why you need legal representation in a personal injury compensation claim, is because the opposing insurance company does not want to pay out claims. They are motivated to do whatever they can to motivate you to settle for an unfair amount....

In a recent motor vehicle accident case taken on by David Marocchi, one of our Marocchi Law, we were asked to represent our client Lisa* a young girl of 17 at the time of her accident, in a late claim for desperately-needed compensation. The Legal Requirements: In the...

The latest reports from the NSW Bar Association show that only 2% of nearly $1 billion in CTP Premiums has been paid to injured Australians in the first 8 months of the revised Compulsory Third Party (CTP) scheme. This minimal payout is worrying and begs the question...

On 1 December 2017 major changes were made to persons who suffered injury in a motor vehicle accident.The requirement to make a claim if you are injured in a road incident whilst driving and/or a passenger in a motor vehicle is to obtain legal advice, and you should...

Claim farming is a recent phenomenon experienced in Queensland. With recent calls to crack down on the practice, we thought we would take the opportunity to talk about your rights and obligations when lodging a personal injury claim because you have suffered injury in...