Personal Injury Law Specialists
Burgan Lawyers is a specialist personal injury firm with years of experience successfully helping injured people. We assist people who have been injured at work, in a car accident, in a public place or because of medical negligence obtain compensation for their injuries and losses.
The firm's Principal Solicitor, Kasarne Burgan, is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law with over 20 years experience in repesenting people who have been injured in accidents, or as the result of medical negligence.
Our expert team makes the whole claims process as stress-free as possible so our clients can focus on the important things, like their rehabilitation and recovery.
We have offices in Sydney and Newcastle, but service all of NSW and make ourselves available to come to you.
Our Difference?
We are a small but experienced and caring team dedicated to guiding you through the often complex claims process. We explain the process to you, without any legal jargon, so that you can understand our advice.
We are meticulous in our preparation of claims. Our expertise is assessing claims to make sure that your compensation is maximised.
How we can help
Burgan Lawyers can provide expert, professional, and caring advice and representation for you and your loved ones if you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident, at work, on public or private property, or...
If you have suffered as a result of a doctor’s or hospital’s medical negligence or malpractice in Newcastle, Sydney, or elsewhere in NSW – either in delaying or failing to diagnose a condition, incorrectly diagnosing...
Vehicle owners pay compulsory third party (CTP) insurance so that we have peace of mind and can lodge a claim if we are injured in an accident. Even if the accident was your fault, you...
If you’ve been injured in a public place you may have an entitlement to make a claim for compensation. Shop Owners and other occupiers of premises owe a duty of care to entrants into their...
Accidents at work unfortunately happen. Some workplaces mean that injuries can easily occur, particularly if you are doing heavy or repetitive work. Whether the accident was your fault or not, you may be entitled to...
No win,
No fee guarantee*
What our clients say
Our People
At Burgan Lawyers you’ll receive expert, professional and caring advice from the firm’s Principal, Kasarne Burgan and the team, who will be hands on in every aspect of your claim, ensuring you receive the best outcome.
Kasarne Burgan
Kasarne is the firm’s Principal, having established Burgan Lawyers in 2016. Kasarne is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law, with over 20 years’ experience in representing people who have been injured in accidents, or...
Read more
Lidia Monteverdi
Lidia Monteverdi is a Senior Associate at Burgan Lawyers who practises in our medical negligence team. She was admitted to practise as a solicitor in 2015 and has expertise in all areas of personal injury...
Read more
Joanne Maslowski
Joanne is Kasarne’s Personal Assistant and a very experienced senior legal assistant.
Sharnee Heywood
Sharnee is a highly experienced Senior Legal Assistant
Monica Tarlinton
Monica is Burgan Lawyers’ Senior Medical Negligence Secretary
News & Updates
Burgan Lawyers recognised in Doyle’s Guide again as one of the best Medical Negligence law firms
For the tenth year in a row, both Burgan Lawyers and our principal Kasarne Burgan have been ranked highly in the prestigious Doyle’s Guide for personal injury law. In 2025, Kasarne has been ranked as...
Read more
Burgan Lawyers recognised in Doyle’s Guide again as one of the best Public Liability law firms
For the tenth year in a row, both Burgan Lawyers and our principal Kasarne Burgan have been ranked highly in the prestigious Doyle’s Guide for personal injury law. In 2025, Kasarne has been ranked as...
Read more
Burgan Lawyers recognised in Doyle’s Guide again as one of the best Motor Accident law firms
For the tenth year in a row, both Burgan Lawyers and our principal Kasarne Burgan have been ranked highly in the prestigious Doyle’s Guide for personal injury law. In 2025, Kasarne has been ranked as...
Read more
Burgan Lawyers recognised in Doyle’s Guide again as one of the best Workers Compensation law firms
For the tenth year in a row, both Burgan Lawyers and our principal Kasarne Burgan have been ranked highly in the prestigious Doyle’s Guide for personal injury law. In 2025, Kasarne has been ranked as...
Read more
Lidia Monteverdi Recognised as an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law
Burgan Lawyers is delighted to announce their Senior Associate, Lidia Monteverdi has been recognised by the NSW Law Society as an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law. Specialist Accreditation is a structured peer to peer...
Read more
Kasarne Burgan recognised as Preeminent in Medical Negligence Law
Kasarne has ranked highly in the prestigious Doyle’s Guide awards, based on votes by her peers, for the ninth year in a row. Kasarne has again been personally recognised as preeminent (and one of the top...
Read more
Burgan Lawyers recognised in Doyle’s Guide again as a leading personal injury law firm
Burgan Lawyers has been recognised as one of the best Personal Injury Law firms in NSW by the prestigious Doyle’s Guide for a ninth consecutive year. Every year since the Burgan Lawyers was started in...
Read more
Further Compensation Awarded for Historical Injury
Burgan Lawyers recently helped a worker whose injury from 1998 worsened over time. The worker settled her case in 2000 and received lump sum compensation. To qualify for additional compensation for an old injury, two...
Read moreRecovery of Workers Compensation Surgery and Payment Entitlements
We recently assisted a worker injured at work to recover the cost of surgery and wages that the insurer had declined. Our client’s employer’s workers compensation insurer had denied our client’s claim for surgery and...
Read more
Settlement Achieved for a Driver Injured due to a Mechanical Fault
Burgan Lawyers recently assisted the driver of a classic car (1962 EK Holden) who suffered injuries in a car accident due to a malfunction in the vehicle’s brakes. What made this case particularly interesting was...
Read more
Industrial Deafness: WIRO now funding hearing aids only claims
Good news for victims of industrial deafness. From 1 July 2020, WIRO will fund legal costs for a worker with industrial hearing loss to claim only hearing aids. Previously, WIRO would not fund the costs...
Read more
Burgan Lawyers’ Sydney office move
The Sydney office of Burgan Lawyers has moved to wonderful new premises on level 13 in the St James Centre, 111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, Sydney NSW. The contact telephone number is now 02 8379 1854.
Burgan Lawyers ranked as recommended law firm, in Doyle’s Guide 2018
Burgan Lawyers and its principal, Kasarne Burgan, have been ranked highly again in the Doyle’s Guide, best lawyers and law firms, for three years running. Burgan Lawyers has been ranked as a recommended law firm...
Read more
Doyle’s Guide 2017 – Leading lawyer, Kasarne Burgan
The firm’s Principal, Kasarne Burgan, has again been recognised in this year’s prestigious Doyle’s Guide as a Leading Lawyer in the area of Injury and Compensation Law. Kasarne has been acknowledged in the following categories:...
Read more
Burgan Lawyers ranked highly in Doyle’s Guide again in 2017
Burgan Lawyers has again been recognised as a recommended law firm in the esteemed Doyle’s Guide Leading Compensation Law Firms (Plaintiff) – NSW 2017 in the following areas:
Kasarne Burgan ranked as Leading Lawyer in Doyles Guide 2016
Burgan Lawyers’ Principal Solicitor, Kasarne Burgan has been highly ranked as one of the Best Lawyers in NSW in the prestigious Doyles Guide to the Australian Legal Profession 2016. Doyles Guide is an independent organisation who conducts research to identify the best...
Read moreBurgan Lawyers ranked as Leading NSW Law Firm in Doyles Guide 2016
Burgan Lawyers has been ranked as a leading law firm in the prestigious Doyles Guide to the Australian Legal Profession 2016. http://doylesguide.com/leading-public-liability-compensation-law-firms-plaintiff-nsw-2016/ Doyles Guide is an independent organisation that ranks the best lawyers and law firms based on consultation with clients, peers and...
Read more
Client Reviews
Choosing the right lawyer can be hard when there appear to be many choices. It’s important to look at other client’s reviews to assist you with your decision. See our Reviews page to see what our clients say...
Read more
Blameless accident case: Appeal to the High Court
Burgan Lawyers has filed its first application for special leave to appeal to the High Court for one of our clients who has been disadvantaged by an adverse decision made by the Court of Appeal....
Read more
New Workers Compensation Guidelines
New Workers Compensation Guidelines The new Guidelines for Claiming Workers Compensation came into effect today. The Guidelines set out the State Insurance Regulatory Authority’s (SIRA) expectation of best practice claims processes. Whilst the document is lengthy, it will...
Read more
PTSD suffered by police officers: “Insult to Injury”
“Insult to Injury”: Insurers’ conduct exacerbates PTSD suffered by police officers ABC’s Four Corners, on 1 August 2016, aired an excellent piece on the battles endured by police officers in trying to pursue genuine claims...
Read more