Http://www.nswcl.com.au If you need help with understanding all of the steps for filing a personal injury claim, we have created a very concise presentation for you.

1. Personal Injury
Claims Process
What You Need to Know

2. • Confusing process. Here is the step by step process after
you suffer and injury.
Step by Step Process

3. Step 1 – Report the Injury

4. • 1. If you sustain an injury while working on company
time, you should immediately report the kind and cause
of the injury to your boss
Workers Compensation

5. • 1. If you sustain an injury while working on company
time, you should immediately report the kind and cause
of the injury to your boss
• 2. Meet your boss in person and show him the severity as
well as the type of your injury you acquired
Workers Compensation

6. • 1. If you sustain an injury while working on company
time, you should immediately report the kind and cause
of the injury to your boss
• 2. Meet your boss in person and show him the severity as
well as the type of your injury you acquired
• 3. Your boss should supply you with the respectful forms
to fill out and notify the company’s insurance
Workers Compensation

7. • 1. Get the names and numbers of anyone in the area who
witnessed the accident
Motor Vehicle Accident

8. • 1. Get the names and numbers of anyone in the area who
witnessed the accident
• 2. Take proper notes of the person’s insurance
provider, the extent of the damage and kind of the
damage, as well as contact information
Motor Vehicle Accident

9. • 1. Get the names and numbers of anyone in the area who
witnessed the accident
• 2. Take proper notes of the person’s insurance
provider, the extent of the damage and kind of the
damage, as well as contact information
• 3. Exchange information and then contact the police; they
will issue you a Traffic Incident Number (TFN), which
will be vital when pursuing your claim
Motor Vehicle Accident

10. • 1. Find out who owns the property that you were injured
on and exchange contact information with them
Public Liability Claim

11. • 1. Find out who owns the property that you were injured
on and exchange contact information with them
• 2. Ask for their insurance provider and let them know you
will be in touch
Public Liability Claim

12. • 1. Find out who owns the property that you were injured
on and exchange contact information with them
• 2. Ask for their insurance provider and let them know you
will be in touch
• 3. Don’t hesitate at all to make an incident report to the
owner of the property, whether it is a sole person, a
company, or any kind of business
Public Liability Claim

13. • There are two main reasons for doing this --- for your
well-being and for legal purposes that will help your
future case when you make a claim.
Step 2 – Consult Your
Doctor

14. • There are two main reasons for doing this --- for your
well-being and for legal purposes that will help your
future case when you make a claim
• It is wise to see a doctor who knows you on a personal
level as they will not hesitate to give you a medical
certificate. They won’t think your claim is fraudulent and
things will be able to progress smoothly.
Step 2 – Consult Your
Doctor

15. Step 3 – Lodge Your Claim

16. • You’ll need to complete a claim form given to you by
your employer or as found on various WorkCover
websites.
Worker’s Compensation

17. • You’ll need to complete a claim form given to you by
your employer or as found on various WorkCover
websites.
• These websites specialize in providing claim forms that
suit your specific purposes. The form, and the medical
certificate produced by your doctor, will have to be sent
to your employer’s insurance company. These documents
can easily be faxed.
Worker’s Compensation

18. • This can be a hard claim to lodge if the person at fault
proves to be difficult in providing information. What the
person at fault should do is provide you with proper
forms provided by their insurance company.
Motor Vehicle Accident

19. • This can be a hard claim to lodge if the person at fault
proves to be difficult in providing information. What the
person at fault should do is provide you with proper
forms provided by their insurance company.
• You should then fill those forms out and send them to the
person’s insurance company as well as the medical
certificate you procured.
Motor Vehicle Accident

20. • This can be a hard claim to lodge if the person at fault
proves to be difficult in providing information. What the
person at fault should do is provide you with proper
forms provided by their insurance company.
• You should then fill those forms out and send them to the
person’s insurance company as well as the medical
certificate you procured.
Motor Vehicle Accident

21. • If the person is uncooperative, you will then have to get
the proper forms from your insurance company and
proceed under their guidance.
Motor Vehicle Accident

22. • You’ll have to fill out a Personal Injury Proceedings Act
(PIPA) form. This type of form can only be given to you
by a solicitor. After you fill out this form properly, you’ll
have to send it to the faulty person’s insurance company.
Public Liability Claim

23. • Legal companies or private personal injury lawyers help
on many different levels. First off, they take care of all of
the claims forms and lodging. The only thing you have to
do is get the most basic information about those involved
with your injury.
Step 4 – Seek Legal
Advice

24. • Legal companies or private personal injury lawyers help on many different
levels. First off, they take care of all of the claims forms and lodging. The
only thing you have to do is get the most basic information about those
involved with your injury.
• Lawyers can offer you reviews that detail how long a proceeding will take
and what the outcome of the claim will be. Lawyers relieve a lot of stress
and allow you to proceed with your life without a lot of interruption. Legal
advice costs money, but it is well worth the cost.
• Also, many legal companies or private lawyers often only charge a fee if
they are successful in getting you the money you deserve.
Step 4 – Seek Legal
Advice

25. • If your claim is rejected by the insurance company, you
will have to immediately seek a lawyer if you don’t
already have one. If you did have a lawyer help you with
your claim, you should contemplate the lawyer’s efforts.
Step 5 – What to Do If Your
Claim is Rejected

26. • If your claim is rejected by the insurance company, you
will have to immediately seek a lawyer if you don’t
already have one. If you did have a lawyer help you with
your claim, you should contemplate the lawyer’s efforts.
• Did the lawyer seem to know what he was doing? Was
he unsure of himself while proceeding? If you can answer
“yes” to questions like these, you will want to consider
obtaining a new lawyer and re-submitting a claim that is
more thorough and correct – one that cannot be rejected
in any instance.
Step 5 – What to Do If Your
Claim is Rejected

27. • If your claim is rejected by the insurance company, you will have to
immediately seek a lawyer if you don’t already have one. If you did have
a lawyer help you with your claim, you should contemplate the lawyer’s
efforts.
• Did the lawyer seem to know what he was doing? Was he unsure of
himself while proceeding? If you can answer “yes” to questions like
these, you will want to consider obtaining a new lawyer and
re-submitting a claim that is more thorough and correct – one that cannot
be rejected in any instance.
• Also, it’s wise to keep calm. Claims are rejected every day. There are
three alternative options that a competent lawyer can inform you of.
Where there is a will to succeed in filing a claim, there is always a way
to accomplish it.
Step 5 – What to Do If Your
Claim is Rejected

28. • If you have made it this far, great job! Now you can start
collecting what is owed to you for your loss of time and
ability, as well as for your pain. Don’t worry if you don’t
receive a rejected or accepted claim within the first
couple weeks of sending it. Many insurance companies
take up to 28 days to decide on the future of any one
particular claim. This is a long wait, but insurance
agencies consistently receive hundreds of claims per day.
Just be patient, but when you do receive your acceptance
claim you should start doing these four things:
Step 6 – What to do if Your
Claim is Accepted

29. 1. Receiving 100% compensation every week for what a
week’s worth of work would earn you if you weren’t
injured
Step 6 – What to do if Your
Claim is Accepted

30. 1. Receiving 100% compensation every week for what a
week’s worth of work would earn you if you weren’t
injured
2. Receiving compensation for traveling costs and
out-of-pocket expenses
Step 6 – What to do if Your
Claim is Accepted

31. 1. Receiving 100% compensation every week for what a
week’s worth of work would earn you if you weren’t
injured
2. Receiving compensation for traveling costs and
out-of-pocket expenses
3. Receiving compensation for money spent on medicine
and surgery pertaining to your injury
Step 6 – What to do if Your
Claim is Accepted

32. 1. Receiving 100% compensation every week for what a
week’s worth of work would earn you if you weren’t
injured
2. Receiving compensation for traveling costs and
out-of-pocket expenses
3. Receiving compensation for money spent on medicine
and surgery pertaining to your injury
4. Attending regular doctor appointments to ensure the
quality of your health
Step 6 – What to do if Your
Claim is Accepted

33. • It’s important that doctors of your own continue to issue
reports so there are reports to go against false claims
made by the insurance company. It is sad, but true, that
insurance companies sometimes skew facts in an effort to
escape the responsibility of providing proper
reimbursement. After you are in a stable state of physical
and mental health and are ready to end all of the trouble
the injury you’ve sustained has caused you, you should
proceed to the settlement stage.*
Step 7 – Receive Ongoing
Medical Treatment

34. • The first sign of settlement will be seen by you most
likely through a sum of money provided by the insurance
company. It is important NOT to immediately sign this
settlement as you will lose all rights to further and future
compensation. Insurance companies do not take pain and
suffering, future medical needs and other factors into
consideration when making a settlement. They are just
concerned with keeping you content for the time being.
Also, they don’t take into account the money you could
have earned if you were never injured by their client.
Step 8 – Settlement

35. Therefore, after you receive a settlement you MUST obtain
a personal injury lawyer. They will get you the money you
deserve by filing a Common Law Claim. This is a claim
that says you are lawfully entitled to more money than the
insurance company initially agreed to give you. Don’t make
the mistake of being tempted by the first settlement that
arrives. The numbers on the settlement may look savory, but
they are nothing in comparison to what you can gain if you
file a Common Law Claim with the help of a personal
injury lawyer.
Step 8 – Settlement

36. • The personal injury NSW Compensation Lawyers help
Australian injury clients along with their loved ones
acquire justice whilst rebuilding dignity. The practice
provides you the best personal injury lawyers and motor
vehicle accident lawyer in Sydney.
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