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Welcome to Roche Legal's Knowledge Base: Your resource for plain-language guides, free tools, case reviews, and practical information on personal injury law in Queensland. Whether you have been injured in a road accident, workplace incident, or public place, our articles are written to help you understand your rights and the claims process under Queensland law.

Topics covered include motor vehicle accidents, WorkCover claims, public liability, and total and permanent disability. For a full overview of your entitlements, explore our personal injury law guide.

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Top 8 Forgotten Assets When You Die In Your 30’s

Vintage analogue camera representing forgotten personal assets in estate planning

If you are tasked with being the Executor or Administrator of the estate of a lost loved one who left this world too soon, you know that whilst still grieving you must act in an administrative role to close out their affairs. After organising the funeral, the next step is to ascertain the lost loved … Read more

10 Legal Steps to Take After a Car Accident in Queensland

If you are reading this, the crash has already happened. So this is not a page about hazard triangles and first aid. It is about the legal steps that decide whether you are compensated for your injuries in Queensland, and the ones people most often get wrong without realising it. Queensland runs a compulsory third … Read more

Don’t let WorkCover close your claim without getting a ‘Notice of Assessment’

For some people, receiving weekly payments from WorkCover Queensland following a workplace injury is enough to tide them over until they have fully recovered and returned to work. In this case, WorkCover will stop paying the weekly benefit and close the claim – balance is restored – everybody is happy. But what if despite returning … Read more

Policy shift for NSW police and why Queensland police should follow

New South Wales is the first state to recognise police officers who have taken their own lives due to work related psychological injuries such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the NSW Police Wall of Remembrance following a campaign led by Ms Deborah Bryant, who was widowed when her police officer husband committed suicide. … Read more