$180,000 - $180,000 a year
Full time
3 to 7 Years PQE │ Parramatta, NSW
About Our Client
Our client is a well established, multi-disciplinary Western Sydney law firm based in Parramatta. Its injury compensation practice acts only for injured people, on a no win, no fee basis, alongside the firm's family law, property and wills and estates practices.
The team includes accredited specialists with long experience, and the firm is known for a personal, client focused approach. It resolves matters efficiently where it can and is prepared to run them to hearing where it needs to.
The Opportunity
Our client is looking for an Associate or Senior Associate to run a workers compensation practice from its Parramatta office, with work injury damages (WID) and public liability (PL) matters alongside. The title will match your experience.
You'll have carriage of your own file load from first instructions through to resolution, with direct access to the firm's principals and the chance to grow the practice.
Your work will include:
Running statutory workers compensation claims, including weekly advantages, s60 medical and treatment expenses, and s66 lump sum claims for permanent impairment (WPI)
Reviewing insurer s78 notices and internal review decisions, and advising clients on disputes
Preparing and running matters before the Personal Injury Commission, including Applications to Resolve a Dispute and conciliation and arbitration
Preparing IRO (ILARS) funding applications and managing matters within the grant
Running WID claims, including assessing whether the impairment threshold is met,



preparing pre-filing statements and attending mediation at the PIC
Running public liability claims under the Civil Liability Act **** (NSW), from liability investigation through to settlement or proceedings
Obtaining medical, employment and liability evidence, and briefing medico-legal experts and counsel
Conducting settlement negotiations and attending conferences and mediations
Giving clients clear, practical advice throughout their claim
Practice split: mostly workers compensation, with WID and PL
Title: Associate or Senior Associate, depending on experience
Remuneration: up to $180,000 plus superannuation, depending on experience
About You
3 to 7 years' PQE, admitted in NSW
Solid plaintiff workers compensation experience, including PIC matters and IRO funded files
Experience in WID, and ideally PL, will be well regarded
A sound working knowledge of the Workers Compensation Act ****, the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act **** and the Civil Liability Act ****
Able to run a file load from instructions to resolution with a high level of autonomy
Confident dealing with clients, insurers, doctors, experts and counsel
Wants to build a long term career in plaintiff work
A second language will be well regarded, given the firm's diverse client base
What's on Offer
Carriage of a workers compensation practice with WID and PL exposure
Associate or Senior Associate title, depending on experience
Direct access to the firm's principals
A personal, client focused firm based in Parramatta
A role in growing the injury compensation practice
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📌 Associate / Senior Associate │ Workers Compensation (Plaintiff) (Sydney)
🏢 Hooker and Heijden - Insurance and Underwriting Recruitment
📍 Sydney