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 Prospect 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 benefits, 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 2002 (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 nn
- 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 1987, the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 and the Civil Liability Act 2002

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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 nn
- 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) (Parramatta)
🏢 Hooker and Heijden - Insurance and Underwriting Recruitment
📍 Parramatta