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A brain injury can have a terrible impact on a person’s life, regardless of whether the injury is mild or severe. Receiving compensation for a traumatic brain injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident can assist the victim in moving forward with their life. However, receiving compensation is not always straightforward, particularly in cases where […]

On 30 March 2017, the NSW Motor Accidents Injuries Bill 2017 was passed by parliament. This bill is significant as it replaced the previous compulsory third party motor accidents scheme under the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999, therefore changing the ways in which injured parties are compensated for motor accidents. Reviewing the processes and legislation that cover you […]

Courtesy of The Daily Telegraph, by Adam Viler, 1 July 2014.   RYAN Kitching has a simple message for the driver of the car who knocked him off his bike and shattered his pelvis in Yagoona this year – “please come forward”. Mr Kitching was riding his bike home, after meeting some friends at a […]

Australian veterans of the British nuclear tests in Australia have been dealt a final blow in their long fight for justice.  The Sydney law firm Stacks/Goudkamp, representing 300 surviving nuclear veterans, took their case to the Australian Human Rights Commission in February. It was the last possible legal avenue that could be pursued in Australia. […]

Article and image courtesy of 4BC News Talk 5 March 2013 4BC Mornings: Greg Cary talks about something no wants to talk about, a toxic legacy that is the Maralinga story. Stacks Goudkamp Lawyer Joshua Dale speaks with Greg about this forgotten part of Australian history and how an application to the Australian Human Rights […]

Article courtesy of XINHUA NEWS – CHRISTIAN EDWARDS – 23/02/2013 Article also appeared in NZ WEEK – 24/02/2013 Ordered by their government to fly through the mushroom cloud of a nuclear test over 50 years earlier, 300 Australian veterans exposed in various ways to atomic testing have appealed to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) to […]

Article and media courtesy of NEWCASTLE HERALD 21/02/2013 In his log book for October 3, 1952, former HMAS Murchison chief petty officer John Quinn noted the following: “Atomic bomb exploded on HMS Plym.” The log book recorded the facts of the first of 12 British atomic tests in Australia in the 1950s, but this week […]

Article and image courtesy of SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – 21/02/2013, and THE AGE – 21/02/2013 Alan Batchelor, Maralinga nuclear testing veteran, with a box of evidence related to the case. Photo: Andrew Meares Sixty-one years after Australian servicemen were deliberately exposed to the fury of nuclear bomb testing at Maralinga, lawyers are seeking a ruling […]

Article and image courtesy of THE AUSTRALIAN 21/02/2013 Maralinga veterans have made a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission over exposure to nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960s. Hundreds of Maralinga veterans and their families have today made a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission over exposure to nuclear testing in the […]

Media courtesy of SBS 21/02/2013 Former Australian servicemen have launched what is seen as their final attempt to win compensation over British nuclear tests conducted in SA and WA more than 50 years ago.

Media courtesy of ABC NEWS 21/02/2013 Veterans of the Maralinga nuclear tests are appealing to the Australian Human Rights Commission in a last ditch effort for justice after exhausting almost all avenues for compensation.

Lawyers representing 295 military veterans and their families afflicted with terrible health problems due to the British nuclear tests carried out in Australia between 1952 and 1963 are taking the case to the Australian Human Rights Commission. They argue the Menzies government breached their human rights by ordering them to be exposed to the harmful […]

Ruth Hudson, Stacks/Goudkamp lawyer and compensation specialist, features in the following video. Article and video courtesy of ABC News March 16, 2012 if (typeof inlineVideoData == ‘undefined’) var inlineVideoData = new Array(); inlineVideoData.push([ {‘url’: ‘http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/7pmtvnewsnsw/video/201203/576679_20120315-British-nuclear_video2.flv’, ‘contentType’: ‘video/x-flv’, ‘codec’: ‘Flash 8’, ‘bitrate’: ‘200’, ‘width’: ‘400’, ‘height’: ‘224’, ‘filesize’: ‘3332313’} , {‘url’: ‘http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/7pmtvnewsnsw/video/podcast/576679_20120315-British-nuclear_video4.m4v’, ‘contentType’: ‘video/x-m4v’, ‘codec’: ‘Quicktime […]

PRESS RELEASE FROM STACKS/GOUDKAMP LAW FIRM, SYDNEY. 15th March, 2012 The hopes of Australian nuclear veterans for compensation for adverse health effects from being exposed to radiation during British nuclear testing in the Australian Outback were dealt a serious blow overnight by the UK Supreme Court. The UK Supreme Court ruled in a 4 to […]

Article and photo courtesy of The Daily Telegraph – 02 February 2012 Irish backpacker Patrick Crilly was awarded $356,759 after beging bashed by bouncer. Picture: Glenn Barnes An Irish backpacker who was punched by a hotel bouncer three years ago in an unprovoked attack has been awarded more than $350,000 for his injuries. Patrick Crilly, […]

Article courtesy of Port Lincoln Times 22 November 2011Port Lincoln’s John Easton is among Maralinga veterans seeking compensation for illness caused by the 1950s bomb tests. More than 1000 veterans of nuclear tests in Australia and the Pacific are seeking a compensation payout from the British government. The Australian Nuclear Veterans Association has joined the […]

PRESS RELEASE FROM STACKS/GOUDKAMP LAW FIRM NOVEMBER 16 2011 Hopes of more than 1,000 surviving Australian military veterans of Britain’s nuclear tests and their families for compensation for the terrible health effects of being exposed to radiation rest on a final court appeal in London which starts today. Michael Giles of Sydney lawyers Stacks/Goudkamp is […]

PRESS RELEASE FROM STACKS/GOUDKAMP – 12 SEPTEMBER 2011 Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG had invaluable advice for the lawyers from Stacks/Goudkamp when he formally opened their new office at Level 12, 39 Martin Place last Friday night. “There are three important things to remember in preparing cases for trial,” Kirby told the […]