Injuries and deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents on farms and other private property remain high, and confusion about insurance coverage, including TAC claims for victims remains rampant.

The TAC has an obligation to pay reasonable medical and other expenses related to your accident.

In this blog, we look at your rights, entitlements and obligations regarding your employment after a motor vehicle accident.

In this article, we will look at how personal injury compensation, for example TAC or WorkCover benefits, may affect the supports a person with a disability receives under their NDIS plan.

We review a case where Polaris Lawyers was able to resolve the client’s common law claim for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident without the need to go to court; achieving a compensation payment of $475,000.

In this article, we review the case of Marc White v TAC [2019]; a cyclist injured in a road accident in 2015 where the TAC denied the plaintiff’s ‘serious injury application’.

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 fully recover, you may be able to make a claim for an impairment benefit.

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 negligent party. This is a case review of a successful common law claim after a motorbike accident.

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 timely access to justice given the restrictions introduced to combat the spread of the virus.

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 interest of our clients are best served by working collaboratively and achieving early resolution where possible.

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 an accident; for example, learning about the death of a loved one.

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 article, we look at what TAC benefits are available to those injured in a transport accident if they are outside Australia.

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 entitlements, given the shutdown of many services.

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 reputable financial advice.

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 countless others.

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 implications which you should be aware of.