Public Liability

Personal Injury Law protects you if you were injured on public property or in a public area in an accident that was not your fault.

Under the Civil Liabilities Act 2002, you are financially protected if you receive an injury due to another person or organisation’s negligence or failure to take a ‘reasonable amount of care’. You must be able to prove that the owner or manager of the property or facility on which you were injured was negligent.  The Civil Liabilities Act covers injury, loss or damage to property, economic loss, or death which occurs on public property or because of defective products or services.




Sometimes, an injury will fall under more than one Personal Injury Law category.  For example, if your employer sends you to the shops to buy come coffee for the office, and on your way you slip, fall, and injure yourself on the poorly constructed footpath, you may be eligible for both Workers Compensation and Public Liability compensation. 

Public Liability law covers a broad range of accidents in which you may be eligible for compensation such as:

  • Slips and falls on public property (or private property if faulty workmanship can be blamed)
  • Accidents which occur on school grounds, university grounds, or public recreational areas (parks, sporting events, amusement parks)
  • Dog attacks
  • Food poisoning
  • Defective products or services
If you have suffered injury as a result of a slip or fall in a public place, Stacks/The Law Firm can help you.

How Stacks/Compensation can help with Public Liability Claims


Stacks/The Law Firm have a team of over 30 compensation lawyers in offices across NSW & QLD, who can offer expertise in public liability claims. 7 of our offices have experts in public liability claims, including:

Stacks/Goudkamp, Canberra

  • Tatiana White - Senior Associate
    Expertise: Public Liability

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    Stacks/Goudkamp, Newcastle

  • Jill Borrie - Senior Associate
    Expertise: Public Liability
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    Stacks/Goudkamp, Sydney

  • Jnana Gumbert - Director
    Expertise: Public Liability
  • Ian Chipchase - Director
    Expertise: Public Liability
  • Michelle Martin - Senior Associate
    Expertise: Public Liability
  • Rita Yousef - Lawyer
    Expertise: Public Liability

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    Stacks/The Law Firm, Port Macquarie

  • Jodie Thurgood - Senior Associate
    Expertise: Public Liability
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    Stacks/The Law Firm, Taree

  • Justin Stack - Managing Director
    Expertise: Public Liability
  • Grant Avery - Director
    Expertise: Public Liability
  • Erin Woodward - Lawyer
    Expertise: Public Liability


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