David Halhead

Before his accident, Bruce was a fit and active 80 year old, who enjoyed walking and travelling to South-East Asia with his wife. That all changed when he was shopping at his local supermarket, when he slipped and fell on a puddle of water in the fruit and vegetable area. The supermarket staff failed to clean the spill and there were no signs warning Bruce of the hazard. Bruce suffered...

Adriana is very close to her mother. Her mother has a number of age-related health issues and is effectively chair-bound. Adriana visits her daily to help out. One evening, during one of her visits, Adriana walked her mother’s dog around the neighbourhood. The area is residential with Council trees planted along the nature strip adjacent to the footpath. Suddenly, the front of her foot caught a raised section of the footpath,...

Our gracious client David sought our teams assistance after suffering a serious spinal injury at work in 2017. One of the biggest impacts David’s injury had on his life, aside from the time spent in surgery and rehabilitation thereafter, was losing his ability to work in his chosen profession, which he loved. Unfortunately, after lodging a workers compensation insurance claim, the Victorian WorkCover Authority sought to dispute David’s claim at...

Mitchell was the sole director of his own company when he suffered a serious back injury at work. Although a very difficult WorkCover claim given his director status, we worked with him to get a great resolution.

Our client Rudra worked as a nurse and in the course of his employment he would transfer patients. During one such occurrence, Rudra was moving a patient from bed to chair when the patient became physically violent, causing injury to our clients back and causing a subsequent leg injury. Rudra’s pain became increasingly worse resulting in 3 months bed ridden before requiring various surgeries including a laminectomy on his spine....

Our client Ahmad was recommended to our firm by another client after suffering long-term injuries due to the collapse of a second-storey decking. Tragically, the incident resulted in the death of two colleagues. As one would expect, Ahmad suffered the psychological effects of the incident for years to come. Our firm had the pleasure of assisting Ahmed and delivering a successful result for him. This is what he had to...

Ian came to us after a fall from his bicycle on a busy road. The accident occurred due to a large pot hole in the road in a crucial spot. He was riding to work at the time so he was able to access immediate medical care by lodging a WorkCover claim. However, the accident occurred not through any fault of his employer. So when Ian visited a number of...

Sharon was working two jobs in the disability support sector. One day while adjusting the seatback of a client's wheelchair she felt something go in her back. Sharon took time off for conservative and specialist treatments, returned to work on modified duties, experienced an increase in symptoms and needed to take time off again. Sadly, she then experienced a common sequence of events in WorkCover claim; her entitlements were ceased,...

Joanne, a professional working in the law, chose our firm to represent her in her personal injury claim. Aware of the challenges that may arise from seeking a claim for her injury occurring on her way to work, she engaged our firm with knowledge of reputation of our commitment and ability to achieve an outcome in her circumstances. Her review speaks for itself.

Victor was a career butcher who loved his work. He had spent decades in the industry and eventually was promoted to being a Meat Manager at a busy supermarket. The department he was managing was very successful and so the amount of meat being delivered increased steadily over time. Unfortunately, Victor’s work space was not expanded to match the growing amount of stock which meant that he often had to...