Workers' Compensation

Tony is Workgroup Leader of Cooper Grace Ward's Insurance team and practises in personal injuries litigation, specialising in workers' compensation matters.

Tony has over 20 years of experience in managing insurance claims, and providing insurance advice. Apart from workers' compensation, Tony's practice areas have included CTP, public liability and product liability, as well as general litigation.

Over the past decade, Tony has focused on workers' compensation matters, acting for WorkCover Qld and, self-insured workers' compensation clients including Woolworths, Commonwealth Bank, Golden Circle and Mayne Group. Tony has also acted for Woolworths in respect of its self insured public liability claims.

Tony is the preferred workers' compensation legal services provider for a number of large government and private organisations, in a variety of industries, such as Queensland Health (Princess Alexandra Hospital, Gold Coast Hospital, Prince Charles Hospital, Logan-Beaudesert Hospital and Mackay Hospital), Spotless Services, Neumann Steel and Dairy Farmers.

Tony also advises self-insurers and other employers in relation to the statutory review process and represents those clients in the Industrial Relations Commission. Tony has special interest in claims involving the Health industry, labour hire claims, pure psychological injury claims, and dust disease claims.

Our workers’ compensation division is headed by Tony Park and provides litigation and general advisory services to clients, under both the state based workers’ compensation scheme and the Federal Comcare Scheme.

Tony has more than 20 years experience in workers’ compensation claims and was appointed as a WorkCover Queensland panel lawyer in 2001.  He is the preferred workers’ compensation legal services provider for a number of large government and private organisations in a variety of industries, including Queensland Health (Princess Alexandra Hospital and Gold Coast Hospital), Spotless Services, Neumann Steel and Dairy Farmers.  Tony has also acted for a number of self-insured employers including Golden Circle, Woolworths, Mayne Group and the Commonwealth Bank. 

Tony has special interest in claims involving the health industry, labour hire claims, pure psychological injury claims and dust disease claims (including asbestos claims).

Tony is supported by Brady Cockburn who has almost 12 years experience in workers’ compensation matters and Janelle Tryon who formerly worked as a legal advisor to WorkCover Queensland.

Our team's experience also includes advising Australia Post on Federal Workers’ Compensation matters under the Comcare Scheme.

Our services in this area include:

• general advisory, including indemnity and entitlement to damages issues
• rehabilitation
• claims management
• advising self-insurers and other employers in relation to Q Comp review and appeals 
• litigation services
• multiple third party claims involving interaction with the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 and Civil Liability Act 2003, including claims against host employers, manufacturers and suppliers of goods and services.

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