Category - Injured People
When someone sustains an injury in an accident, it has the potential to affect many aspects of that person’s life style both in the short and long term, with the potential to blight that person’s sex life, writes Adelaide injury lawyer Mal Byrne.
Nothing kills the mood (so to speak) more than physical pain and/or depression...
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TGB Partner Tim White has welcomed the UK Department of Health’s findings that PIP breast implants are “clearly substandard” and more likely to rupture than other implants “by a factor of around two to six”.
An expert panel, led by NHS Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh, has released a final report about the health...
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Barney Gask says better education for road users can reduce accidents between cars and cyclists.
With the number of car accidents involving cyclists dramatically increasing in the last 12 months I have often found myself thinking about what is not being done to improve the situation.
There are a number of factors that...
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TGB managing partner Morry Bailes says reports of systemic abuse in the Australian Defence Force could lead to significant compensation claims for victims.
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If you are or were a member of the Australian Defence Force and were injured (physical or psychological) while in the course of your employment (whether that is in Australia or overseas), you may be entitled to compensation.
It has also recently been revealed that many Australian Defence Force members were subjected to abuse...
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Adelaide injury lawyer Mal Byrne analyses an important Court decision where a school bullying victim was awarded compensation.
The decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court in the matter of Oyston v St Patrick’s College [2011] (NSWSC 269 13 April 2011) reinforces that schools have to walk the walk and not just talk...
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Mal Byrne writes about a recent supermarket injury compensation case, and what it means for people injured in similar circumstances.
In the blog I wrote last year entitled “I was injured after slipping at a supermarket, can I sue?”, I referred to a decision of the New South Court of Appeal where a woman who fell when her...
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Tindall Gask Bentley lawyer Tim White will address a Senate Committee at a public hearing in Canberra tomorrow evening, which will examine the role of the Australian government and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in the PIP breast implant scandal.
Mr. White is leading investigations into legal action for more than...
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TGB Military Compensation lawyer, Tim White, says the psychological impact of war on veterans deserves greater recognition from the Commonwealth government.
Mr White represents many South Australian former defence force members who have been diagnosed with illnesses such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depressive disorders...
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