Tracy Pritchard

Originally from Shanghai, Yi had just arrived in Australia for a couple of months to settle down. He had secured a well-paying job, he was about to get married, and he was excited about life. His Saturday night ritual was playing board games at a friend’s house. On the night of the accident, he had left his friend’s house, and was walking towards the tram stop. He was hit by...

Sue took the time to craft a handmade thank you card for the whole team.

Betty lives in retirement in Rosebud Victoria, some distance from our offices, but when she called looking for assistance, our Henry Carus went out to see her personally. Betty had a fall at a nearby large supermarket and suffered serious injuries. Aside from her own challenges, her injuries were affecting her ability to tend to her husband, who suffered a number of aged related medical conditions. After meeting with Betty,...

Cristina was the driver of the front car in a multi-vehicle pileup on a Melbourne freeway on her way to work Immediately after the accident, she noticed pain in her back, but she did not initially realise just how serious her injuries were Cristina’s injuries were complex and despite her pain and restrictions, her doctors struggled to give her a definitive diagnosis This was used against her, and it was...

Caiying was a pedestrian who was struck by a passing car and injured while crossing the road in 2013. At that time she was 83 years old and was already having early signs of Alzheimer's Disease. Witnesses to her accident indicated she was solely responsible for walking out in front of the car that hit her. She sustained multiple serious injuries and spent an extensive period of time in hospital...

Tony Lee suffered a serious injury to his back in a motor vehicle accident. At the time of his accident he ran an automotive repair shop and took great pride in his work. His customers were both appreciative and loyal. Following the accident, Tony’s ability to do the repair work suffered, but he was fortunate to be able to hire others to do the work while he took on a...

Pantelis suffered injury to his upper body in the course of his employment whilst performing repetitive work. He reported the injury to his employer. Instead advising him to lodge a workers compensation claim, his employer referred him to the onsite physiotherapist. The treatment did not assist him. When the injury worsened his employer terminated his employment. After the termination Pantelis, lodged a workers compensation claim, and that claim was rejected...

Dee came to our office after suffering serious injuries in a tram accident. Dee is a senior who, sadly, was thrown across a tram when she was trying to get to her seat. The tram driver took off, as though driving a race car and not as a means of transport for our community. We achieved for her a serious injury certificate and compensation that was generous. What Dee remembers in that whole time is...

Rodney suffered from a serious neck injury and psychological sequelae at work and had to undergo a three-level spinal fusion operation. Being unaware of his rights, he did not submit a workers compensation claim at the time.  Rodney sought our legal advice three years after his surgery, and we assisted him submit a workers compensation claim and a serious injury application. Despite his work cover claim not being accepted, we...

In 2017, self-employed business owner Pedro was performing a job in Collingwood where, due to no fault of his own, he was trapped in the building. In order to exit our client was required to lift a defective roller door. In the process of doing so, he ruptured his left bicep. Due to these injuries, Pedro’s usual day-to-day activity came to a halt. He was forced to give up his...