Job Description
$180,000 - $180,000 a year
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Full time
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3 to 7 Years PQE │ Parramatta, NSW
About Our Client n
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.
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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 n
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.
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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.
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Your work will include:
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Running statutory workers compensation claims, including weekly perks, s60 medical and treatment expenses, and s66 lump sum claims for permanent impairment (WPI)
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Reviewing insurer s78 notices and internal review decisions, and advising clients on disputes
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Preparing and running matters before the Personal Injury Commission, including Applications to Resolve a Dispute and conciliation and arbitration
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Preparing IRO (ILARS) funding applications and managing matters within the grant
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Running WID claims, including assessing whether the impairment threshold is met,



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