Travel accidents · International students
Queensland law applies to an injury here, whatever your visa. Your OSHC helps pay for doctors and hospital, and a claim against whoever was responsible can cover what it doesn’t.
Time limits · Queensland law
The notice of claim is due within 9 months of the incident (or of first symptoms, if later), or 1 month after you ask a lawyer to act for you and the party responsible is known, whichever comes first. The CTP notice is due within 9 months of the crash (or of first symptoms, if later), or 1 month after you first consult a lawyer about a possible claim, whichever comes first; if the vehicle can’t be identified, within 3 months. Leaving Australia doesn’t pause any of these time limits.
Which rules apply
Your education provider, homestay host or landlord, or a business or public place.
A casual or part-time job while you study.
As a pedestrian, cyclist, passenger or driver.
Connections
It depends on where you were hurt. We work out who to claim against, and which scheme pays.
How it happened
Most international student claims start in one of these places.
Falls in walkways, labs and sports areas, and injuries on excursions.
Burns, strains and falls in hospitality, retail or delivery work.
As a pedestrian, cyclist, rider or passenger.
Faulty stairs, wiring or fittings in homestay or student housing.
Falls in shops, restaurants, gyms and public places.
Check-in
Baggage claim
Queensland’s Civil Liability Act 2003 sets how damages are assessed.
Now boarding
In order, from the first call to court if it’s needed.
Costs
No win, no fee*
If your claim doesn’t succeed, you pay no professional fees for our work. You may still have to pay outlays, such as report and court fees, if your costs agreement says so. If a court case is lost or withdrawn, or you don’t do better than an offer the other side made, you may have to pay the other side’s legal costs. We explain this in writing before you sign.
You decide whether to go ahead once you know your options and the likely costs.
Fees and outlays are set out in a costs agreement before we start.
Our professional fees are capped at 50% of what you recover, after refunds and outlays. (Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) s 347)
Information desk
Yes. Queensland law applies to an injury here, whatever your visa.
OSHC helps pay for doctors and hospital. It doesn’t pay for lost income, pain and suffering or future care. A claim against whoever was responsible can.
Lodge a WorkCover claim within 6 months. If your employer was negligent, a damages claim may follow.
The at-fault vehicle’s CTP insurer. Notice of the claim is due within 9 months of the crash (or of first symptoms, if later), or 1 month after you first consult a lawyer about a possible claim, whichever comes first. If the vehicle can’t be identified, the claim is against the Nominal Defendant, and notice is due within 3 months.
Notice of claim within 9 months of the incident (or of first symptoms, if later), or 1 month after you ask a lawyer to act for you and the party responsible is known, whichever comes first. For a road crash, the CTP notice is due within 9 months of the crash (or of first symptoms, if later), or 1 month after you first consult a lawyer about a possible claim, whichever comes first; within 3 months if the vehicle can’t be identified. WorkCover claims within 6 months; court action generally within 3 years (for a child, from 18). Going home doesn’t stop these time limits.
Yes. The claim can run while you’re overseas.
What to do after a workplace injury — in the order it has to happen, with the dates that decide whether your claim survives.
What a cyclist can claim when a vehicle is involved — CTP cover, how fault is decided, and the deadlines that run from the day of the crash.
What public liability insurance actually covers, who is required to hold it, and how it works when you are the one making the claim.
Notice can be due within months. Talk to a lawyer now. There’s no obligation to go ahead.
General information only, not legal advice about your situation. No win, no fee*: if the claim doesn’t succeed, you pay no professional fees; whether outlays are payable depends on your costs agreement. If a court case is lost or withdrawn, or you don’t do better than an offer the other side made, you may have to pay the other side’s legal costs.
