Personal Injury
Lawyers Queensland.

A personal injury claim is a legal claim for compensation when someone else's negligence causes you injury — physical or psychological. In Queensland, claims are made against the at-fault party's insurer under legislation that depends on where and how you were hurt.

Road injuries run through the CTP scheme, work injuries through WorkCover, and injuries in public or private places through public liability insurance under the Civil Liability Act 2003. The same injury can be treated very differently depending on which scheme applies — which is why the first thing we do in a free case appraisal is identify the right pathway for your circumstances.

Compensation can include medical and rehabilitation expenses, past and future loss of income and superannuation, the cost of care and assistance — including unpaid help from family — and general damages for pain and suffering.

For most injured people, future economic loss is the largest component: the income, career progression and working years the injury takes away. Courts assess this against your age, occupation and the medical evidence, which is why claims for the same injury can differ by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Building that evidence properly, early, is where experienced personal injury lawyers earn their keep.

Most Queensland personal injury claims follow a pre-court procedure: notice forms to the insurer, exchange of evidence, independent medical examinations, and a compulsory settlement conference. The large majority of claims settle without a trial.

The process is designed to resolve claims, but it's also full of procedural traps and strict deadlines that insurers know intimately. We manage every step — lodgement, disclosure, medico-legal appointments and negotiation — and we prepare every claim as if it will go to trial, because that's what produces fair settlement offers.

The general limitation period is three years from the date of injury — but much shorter notice periods apply first: 9 months for CTP claims, 6 months for WorkCover, and prompt pre-court notices for public liability. Children generally have until their 21st birthday.

Time limits are the single most common way good claims are lost. Even if you're unsure whether you want to claim at all, getting advice early costs nothing and preserves every option. Evidence — CCTV, witness memories, incident records — degrades far faster than the legal deadlines.

At AMK Compensation Lawyers: nothing upfront, and nothing at all if your claim doesn't succeed. We pay outlays as we go, charge no uplift fees and no interest on outlays, and Queensland's 50/50 rule means you can never receive less than half your net compensation.

Our fee structure is deliberately leaner than the big franchise firms — we're a boutique team focused only on compensation law, without their overheads or their detours. Everything is set out in a plain-English Cost Agreement before you sign anything.