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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Recovery 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...

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...

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...

Burgan Lawyers’ Sydney office move

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...

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:...

Burgan Lawyers ranked highly in Doyle’s Guide again in 2017

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...

Burgan 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...

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...

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....

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...

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...