A TAC impairment benefit is a lump sum payment for a person who has permanent physical or psychiatric injuries because of a road accident. If you have suffered injuries from which you do not [...]
Joint Medical Exams ("JME") are arranged by your lawyer. They are a medical examination with a “specialist independent doctor” to assess your transport accident injuries.
To make a claim for common law damages for pain and suffering and economic loss, you need to show that you have suffered a serious injury and that your injury was caused or contributed to by a [...]
If a motor vehicle involved in a transport accident was unregistered or uninsured, this can impact the injured person’s eligibility to compensation under the TAC scheme.
Understandably, many Victorians are concerned about the effect COVID-19 will have on the progress of their personal injury claim. They want to know whether it will affect their ability to get [...]
In this article, we review a case in relation to a serious injury application for psychological injury as a result of a road accident, which ultimately ended up in the courts.
The TAC protocols govern the conduct of TAC and personal injury lawyers before any litigation. Polaris is proud to be a participant. Polaris participates in the protocols because we believe the [...]
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 [...]
With disruptions across the globe due to COVID-19, many people are either repatriating from Australia back to their home country or caught overseas and unable to return to Australia. In this [...]
COVID-19 is creating an unprecedented state of uncertainty and fear. If you’re receiving TAC payments or treatment funded by the TAC, you may be worried about what will happen to your [...]
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 [...]
On 20 February 2020, what was meant to be a quiet train journey from Sydney to Melbourne ended in horror as a train derailed near the Victorian town of Wallan, killing two people and injuring [...]