If you are injured in the course of your work, then pursuant to Queensland legislation, you are entitled to make a claim for workers’ compensation to be paid Statutory Benefits. These benefits include payment of all medical and rehabilitation expenses relating to your injury and your wages whilst you are recovering from your injury and unable to work. The legislation in Queensland which provides this right or entitlement to workers is the Workers’ Compensationⁱ & Rehabilitation Act 2003. The workers’ compensation scheme in Queensland is a “no fault” scheme, that is, the worker has the right to claim whether the injury was caused by the employer’s negligence or wrongful act or omission or not. But a worker who is injured at work, will not always have a Common Law Claim, that is, a claim that he can pursue in the court for Common Law Damages. To have a Common Law Claim, there must be some fault on the part of the employer resulting in the worker’s injury occurring in the course of employment.

If you would like to know more about the legal services we offer submit your personal injury claim and we will send you an Initial Claim Packⁱ. Each pack contains useful information about making a personal injury claim and details the steps you must take to protect and pursue your personal injury claim.