Total and Permanent Disability Insurance

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Crew Legal is a personal injury law firm, north of Brisbane. Director, Shane Crew recently sat down to discuss Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Insurance and to provide a clearer understanding of it. What is it Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Insurance? TPD Insurance is a type of insurance policy you can purchase either privately or … Read more

Car Injury Lawyers in Brisbane

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If you’re injured in a car accident, your first priority is to seek high quality medical care. A secondary focus may be to investigate whether or not you’re entitled to compensation to support you with your treatment and recovery. Some people neglect the latter step and leave themselves exposed to undue suffering as injuries linger … Read more

Compensation Lawyers in Brisbane

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If you’re looking for compensation lawyers in Brisbane, make sure you have some reliable criteria to assess them on. Here are some key areas to focus on. 1. Do they have experience in securing fair compensation for your injury? The reason you would work with a lawyer on a compensation claim (rather than perhaps proceeding … Read more

What Should I Know Before I Agree to a ‘No Win/No Fee’ Arrangement?

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You may have seen the term No Win/No Fee splashed across personal injury lawyers’ websites, social media and billboards but what exactly does it mean? Crew Legal Director, Shane Crew talks us through the finer details you need to be aware of before you enter into an agreement with a personal injury lawyer. No Win/No … Read more

Are all Personal Injury Law Firms the same?

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Before you partner with a personal injury law firm it is important that you are aware of the ways in which they can differ. This will ensure your personal injury claim achieves the outcome you deserve and the journey is as stress free and transparent as possible. In reality, all personal injury law firms are different because all … Read more

Casual Workers and WorkCover Claims

Casual workers and WorkCover

With the gig economy growing substantially, Shane Crew of Crew Legal, a personal injury law firm on the Redcliffe peninsula, answers the question; are casual workers covered if they are injured on the job? As a casual worker you are covered if you are injured on the job as you do fit within the definition … Read more

Car Accidents – Nothing Good Happens After Midnight

The release from COVID travel restrictions has undoubtedly brought much joy. The freedom to travel when and where we want has been taken up with great enthusiasm by all and sundry.  What has also been noticeable, however, is the details of car accidents, including very serious car accidents which seem to inundate my social media … Read more

What is liability?

When providing advice to a client in respect of a potential personal injury claim, the first exercise I undertake is to consider the likely prospects of establishing that the injured person will succeed in their claim by proving that their injury has occurred as a result of negligent actions on behalf of a third party. … Read more

So you’ve been injured at work. What happens next?

In Queensland each year, on average, 90,000 – 95,000 new statutory claims are lodged with WorkCover Queensland. The law of averages would indicate that a worker in Queensland is likely to face the situation of injury at least once in their working life. That being that case, let’s have a look at what is involved. … Read more

Suffered serious injuries in an accident? Early intervention from your lawyer can make a huge difference to your prospects of recovery.

I have been reminded recently of the crucial role that an experienced personal injury lawyer can play in facilitating the smooth recovery and delivery of rehabilitation to a person seriously injured in an accident. It is, however, crucial that there be early intervention from a lawyer on an injured person’s behalf to make sure that … Read more