I am very happy to be named as a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards. It is an honour to be able to help injured people every day. Thank
you very much to the team at Peninsula Injury Lawyers, Danielle, Morgan, Sara, and Phil. Women in Law Awards 2019
I don’t think I could ever express my gratitude for all that you have done for me (and my family). You certainly kept me going at
times with your gentle caring words which were reassuring when I felt completely overwhelmed. Your choice of barrister was also spot on.
Recently Peninsula Injury lawyers settled a hearing loss claim for over five figure's for one of our clients. In addition to the
settlement amount our client received payment for new hearing aids.
If you have a hearing loss that was caused by work call us to discuss your options.
Is it possible to claim compensation when you are sexually harassed at work?
Yes, it is possible to claim compensation if you have been sexually harassed at work.
It is possible to make a claim at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) under Equal Opportunity Legislation and it is also possible
to make a WorkCover claim. VCAT can make a decision not to hear your claim if it is made more than 12 months after the harassment occurred, so it is important to get legal advice about your rights to claim compensation as soon as possible after the harassment.We can help you with this claim.
A WorkCover claim can be made if you have suffered an injury, such as a psychological injury, as a result of the behaviour. A WorkCover claim for weekly
payments can be made if you need time off work and a WorkCover claim can also be made for medical and like expenses such as sessions with your
doctor or a psychologist or psychiatrist. We can help you make claim and to advise you under WorkCover legislation.
If you have been sexually harassed at work and you have permanent psychological or other injuries it is also possible to claim common law damages.
Any common law claim must be made within 6 years. Because of the time limits that apply it is important to get advice about your rights to compensation
as soon as possible.
Your first consultation is free and without obligation so if you want to know more about your rights make an appointment to talk to Penny and she can
give you some more information.
Peninsula Injury Lawyers is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations
to you in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.
We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way
in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.
A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at
www.aoic.gov.au
Very excited to announce we have signed up as Event Partners for the 2019 Arthurs Seat Challenge to be held on 10 November 2019! The
Arthurs Seat Challenge is a 6.7 km run/walk to promote and raise funds for the wonderful “Fit to Drive” program run in schools across the
Peninsula. The Fit to Drive program was set up in 2001 in response to a higher percentage of road crashes for young people on the
Peninsula, compared to other areas of the State. Fit to Drive aims to give young people strategies to make them safer drivers and
passengers and through this education to reduce the road toll. If you want to get involved in this great community event, check out the
Arthurs Seat Challenge website: www.arthursseatchallenge.com.au as well as the face
book page. For more information about the Fit to Drive Program check out www.f2d.com.au. Looking
forward to promoting this great and worthwhile event!!
Getting some great results for client’s - 6 settlements in a week! Held some meetings in the new Law Institute offices – what a great space!
If you need TAC, WorkCover or other personal injury advice and you want to meet me in the city instead of Mornington or Carrum Downs, we can
meet at the Law Institute.
Our Mornington office has moved across the road to the 2nd floor at 315 Main street. You will find parking at the back of the building with
the entrance to the car parking off Kent street. Our phone number remains the same 5924 1007.
Well it took a little longer than what we thought but we are back at 12/10 Lakewood Boulevard. The renovations are great and we are looking
forward to meeting all our lovely Carrum clients in the new rooms.
We are a rapidly expanding Personal injury law firm with offices in Carrum Downs and Mornington. We provide a full legal service to people
injured at work, in transport accidents, as a result of asbestos exposure, or otherwise through someone else's negligence.
The next free work injury and transport accident information and case assessment session at the Seawinds Community Hub will be on January
the 18th at 9am.
It's exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Over the next few months our existing premises at Carrum Downs will be renovated with new and bigger offices to help all our existing and
new clients.
Our temporary location is just around the corner at 16/9 Elite Way.
Had a great morning meeting staff and helping locals with personal Injury legal matters at the Seawinds Community Hub - Followed by a lovely
walk on the Dromana pier. We will be back next month on January 18 for another morning of free Workcover and TAC Legal assessments.
Peninsula Injury Lawyers will be providing free workplace injury and car accident legal advice at the Seawinds community hub in Rosebud on
Thursday 14th of December from 9.00 to 12 noon.
Drop in or book an appointment by calling 59241007.
Had a great morning meeting staff and helping locals with personal Injury legal matters at the Seawinds Community hub - a wonderful
community space in sunny Rosebud. We will be back next month for another morning of free Workcover and TAC Legal assessments.
Stay tuned for further details on an information night on your rights in Workcover and TAC cases at Seawinds.
Peninsula Injury Lawyers will be providing free workplace injury and transport accident assessments at the Seawinds community hub in Rosebud
on Monday 31st of July from 9.30 to 12 noon.
Provision of a scooter trailer found to be reasonable and necessary in a work injury case – Claims Agent liable to pay
The Magistrates Court recently found that a WorkCover Claims Agent – Xchanging, was liable for the costs associated with the provision of a
scooter trailer in a work injury case.
Overtime not included in calculation of weekly payments for worker made redundant before making a WorkCover claim.
Magistrate Wright recently found that a Worker who was injured before retrenchment and made a claim afterwards, was not entitled to have
over time included in the calculation of his weekly payments.
In addition to the Carrum Downs office and the Narre Warren visiting office, Peninsula Injury Lawyers has just opened a new office at 328
Main Street Mornington. This new location provides a welcome addition for our clients who are located at the southern end of the Peninsula.
The direct phone line for Mornington is 5924 1007.
Peninsula Injury Lawyers would like to welcome Danielle Wagner to the team. Danielle has joined the team as a senior legal assistant.
Danielle comes to Peninsula Injury Lawyers with a wealth of experience in personal injury law matters.
Mr Klein, a 53 year old truck driver, injured his knee and was on weekly payments of compensation. These payments were terminated by the
Claims Agent, Allianz, on the grounds that he had received 130 weeks of weekly payments and that he had a work capacity, among other
reasons. Vocational assessments obtained by Allainz identified generally a number of jobs that might be suitable for Mr Klein including
process worker/product assembler and kitchen hand.
In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, an employer was found to have breached its duty of care to an employee to prevent a forseeable
psychiatric injury to that employee by not putting in place measures to prevent the employee working excessive hours and by telling the
employee to keep working after he had worked all night.
The employee was a manager in a rendering plant and had initially agreed to work long hours and to be on call 24 hours a day. However, a few
years after commencing in that role, due to maintenance issues and staff reductions, his hours had steadily increased beyond what had
originally been contemplated in the contract.
The Court said that the employer had a duty of care as the risk of the employee developing a psychiatric injury was reasonably forseeable to
the employer in this case. This was because the employee had complained repeatedly to his superiors about not coping due to the inadequacy
of maintenance support, staff shortages and his long hours; his presentation at work had changed from being jovial and happy go lucky to
withdrawn; he had collapsed at work and told the work nurse that he had insomnia due to work stress and he had a prolonged absence from
work. All of this should have put management on notice that there was a risk that the employee would develop a psychiatric injury because of
his work conditions.
For more details see Roussety v Castricum Brothers Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 466 (18 August, Zammit J)
