Personal Injury Lawyer In Mandurah, WA

Time limits that can end a Mandurah claim before it starts

Deadlines are strict, and missing one can bar an otherwise good claim. For a car accident, lodge the online crash report and the Notice of Intention to Make a Claim with ICWA within six months of the crash. A late notice is not automatically fatal, because ICWA has to show it was prejudiced to defeat your claim, but every month you wait makes that harder to argue.

For most other personal injury claims the Limitation Act 2005 (WA) gives you three years from when you first knew of the injury to start court proceedings. For a child under 15 the period runs to six years, and a young person injured between 15 and 17 generally has until they turn 21. Workers compensation runs on its own timeframes under the 2023 Act, and the Validation Act’s 12-month extension only applies to the specific elections it was written for. If you are unsure which clock is running, the safe move is to call early rather than guess.

How Soul Legal runs your Mandurah claim

We built the process around not making you travel while you are injured. Most of it can be done from home, by phone and by a secure upload link, with a lawyer coming to you when it helps.

Stage 1, free assessment. A no-cost, confidential review of your situation. Before we meet you get an upload link so we can read your documents in advance. If we cannot help, you are not charged, and we will say so plainly.

Stage 2, building the case. We gather the medical records, specialist reports, witness statements and accident or workplace documents that prove what happened and what it cost you. Get every injury recorded early, even the ones that seem minor, because injuries that surface later are easy for an insurer to dispute.

Stage 3, lodging the claim. We file with ICWA, WorkCover or the relevant court, and manage the deadlines and forms so nothing lapses. This is where the 2024 election timing lesson gets applied in practice.

Stage 4, negotiation. Kevin and Rebecca negotiate directly with insurers, and they do not take a low offer to save time. Most claims resolve at a settlement conference without a hearing. Serious claims often wait until your injuries stabilise, or until the right assessment window under the new guidelines, which can take a year or more, and rushing that usually costs you.

Stage 5, resolution and payment. We push for a fair outcome, structured with the tax position in mind. If an insurer will not move, we are prepared to run it. Kevin Wong has litigated to the Supreme Court and the High Court of Australia, and was among the first to file when the Federal Court’s Insurance List opened in 2016.

Why Mandurah residents choose Soul Legal

Two reasons, and they are related. Your file is run by a director, not passed to a graduate, and the firm does one thing.

Kevin Wong has practised personal injury law since 1991 and has appeared from WorkCover hearings up to the High Court. Rebecca Sorgiovanni has practised since 1997, is an accredited mediator, and was the recommended lawyer for the Local Government Racing Cemeteries Employees Union. Between them they have handled everything from minor injury to multi-million dollar catastrophic claims. When your claim turns on a tax ruling or an impairment guideline, that experience is why the advice you get fits your situation instead of a script.

The commercial terms are simple. No Win No Fee means you pay no legal fees unless your claim succeeds. On a win, we pursue party-and-party costs from the insurer, which covers the bulk of the legal costs. The first consultation is free and confidential, and the firm is on the Legal Aid panel. After-hours calls go to 0411 896 133, and we make home and hospital visits across Mandurah and the wider Peel region for clients who cannot travel.

When a claim may not be worth running

You should hear this up front. Not every injury turns into a claim worth your time. If your car accident injury is minor and heals cleanly, it may not clear the $26,500 non-pecuniary threshold, and the honest advice is to say so at the first meeting rather than run up a file. If you were fully at fault in a single-vehicle crash with no other party, your options narrow.

There is also timing. If you are on weekly workers compensation payments, redeeming them into a lump sum right now without tax advice can cost you more than waiting, thanks to CR 2025/88. Sometimes the right call is to hold, get the assessment window right, and settle later for more. We would rather tell you that at the start than watch you take a quick number you regret.

Related: Learn more about personal injury claims and car accident injury claims in Perth, our no win, no fee guarantee, or contact our Perth team. You can also read about your rights via the Insurance Commission of WA.