Road Accidents

In Victoria, almost all claims for personal injury compensation are subject to “caps” and “thresholds” under the law. These limit the amount of compensation you can receive if you are injured or [...]

If you suffer a psychological injury in connection with a transport accident you may be entitled to make a claim. This actually extends beyond witnesses to those injured due to the aftermath of [...]

Compensation payouts for personal injury are generally one-off payments made for long term injuries and losses. With often large sums of money being involved, it’s important that recipients seek [...]

In most personal injury cases, if your case is not successful (is withdrawn or investigation of a potential claim is stopped), there should be no costs for you to pay under a No Win No Fee agreement.

In Victoria, you are generally not required to pay tax from lump sum compensation you receive from a personal injury claim. However, compensation payouts can still have important tax [...]

It is important for anyone injured in a motor vehicle accident in Victoria, to understand how their TAC claim can affect current or future Centrelink entitlements.

The Transport Accident Act allows the TAC to reduce some “no-fault” benefits (like wage support, medical expenses and permanent impairment lump sum payments) for drivers who are drug or alcohol [...]

Polaris Principal, Nick Mann believes that states implementing strict drug driving laws are putting headline-grabbing “zero tolerance” before a genuine concern for road safety.

In the unfortunate event that a child is injured in a road accident, they are covered by the TAC scheme and entitled to compensation.

While the TAC does a lot to support people who have been injured in motor vehicle accidents, just like any other insurer the TAC makes decisions with one eye on saving money, and sometimes this [...]

There has long been debate between road users about whether cyclists should be registering their vehicles (that is, their bikes) if they are using our public roads. Simply registering a bike [...]

In Victoria, if you’re injured in a road accident, you can lodge a TAC claim. This includes cyclists injured “due to a motor vehicle”. If you collide with a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle [...]