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Western Australia · Southern Suburbs
When a professional you trusted gets it badly wrong, the consequences don’t stay in a file. They land in your finances, your health, your home, your plans. If you’re in Perth’s southern suburbs and you believe a solicitor, doctor, financial adviser, accountant, or builder has failed you, you have options — and time matters more than you might realise.
Fair Go Australia handles professional negligence claims exclusively. We work on a no-win, no-fee basis, and our entire service is remote — so you never need to travel into the CBD to get proper legal advice.
Perth’s Southern Suburbs
The southern suburbs corridor runs from Fremantle and Melville through Cockburn, Rockingham, and into the outer reaches of Armadale — a broad, diverse stretch of Perth that houses a significant proportion of Western Australia’s population. It’s also an area with a high concentration of residential property transactions, active construction, and the kind of healthcare and financial services activity that generates professional negligence exposure.
Conveyancing errors are among the most common claims we see from this region — missed easements, defective title searches, and settlement failures that leave buyers or sellers seriously out of pocket. Medical negligence from delayed diagnosis or surgical complications is another. And with the construction sector still running hot across the Cockburn and Rockingham growth corridors, building and engineering negligence claims have become increasingly common.
Whatever the professional, whatever the specific failure — if you’ve suffered a real financial or physical loss as a result, it’s worth understanding whether the law can help you recover it. That’s exactly what a free case evaluation is for.
What we handle
Professional negligence spans a wide range of industries and professions. These are the most common claim types we handle for clients across Perth’s southern suburbs:
This isn’t an exhaustive list. If a qualified professional was engaged to perform a service, owed you a duty of care, and fell short in a way that caused you measurable loss — there’s a reasonable prospect of a claim worth pursuing.
Your legal rights in WA
In Western Australia, professional negligence claims are governed principally by the Civil Liability Act 2002 (WA), which sets out the framework for establishing negligence, assessing damages, and apportioning liability. Courts apply this legislation alongside the long-standing common law duty of care principles established by the High Court in Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 — a landmark case that confirmed professionals must meet the standard of a reasonably competent practitioner in their field.
The relevant court for substantial professional negligence claims in Western Australia is the Supreme Court of Western Australia. Legal professionals are regulated by the Law Society of Western Australia, which handles complaints and professional discipline separately from any civil claim you may pursue.
It’s worth understanding that making a complaint to a regulatory body — the Law Society, AHPRA, ASIC — is a separate process from bringing a civil negligence claim. A disciplinary finding against a professional doesn’t automatically translate into compensation for you. If financial recovery is what you need, a civil claim is the appropriate path.
Time limits in WA
Time limits in professional negligence are strict, and the consequences of missing them are permanent. Under the Limitation Act 2005 (WA), the general limitation period for most professional negligence claims is six years. For personal injury claims — including those arising from medical negligence — the period is three years, running from the date you became aware, or should reasonably have become aware, of the negligence.
These periods sound generous, but they can run faster than people expect. In many cases — particularly medical negligence — the connection between the professional’s conduct and the harm you suffered only becomes apparent some time after the fact. The clock starts running from the point of discovery, but working out exactly when that was requires careful legal analysis.
If you’re not certain whether your limitation period is still open, the right move is to get advice now, not later. The cost of a free evaluation is zero. The cost of waiting too long can be everything.
In Western Australia, professional negligence claims must generally be commenced within 6 years for general claims, or 3 years for personal injury claims, from the date you became aware — or should reasonably have become aware — of the negligence. These time limits are set under the Limitation Act 2005 (WA). Missing this deadline can permanently extinguish your right to claim. If you are unsure whether your limitation period is still open, contact our team for a free assessment as soon as possible.
Why Fair Go Australia
We don’t handle conveyancing, family law, wills, or any other area of practice. Professional negligence is all we do. That focus matters — it means the team you’re working with has seen the full range of how these claims unfold, what makes them succeed, and what gets them over the line in Western Australian courts.
Our service is entirely remote. If you’re in Rockingham, Armadale, Cockburn, or anywhere else across the southern suburbs, you don’t need to take half a day off work to sit in a waiting room in the CBD. Consultations happen by phone or video, documents are handled digitally, and the process moves at a pace that suits you.
A free case evaluation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing. We’ll give you an honest assessment of your situation and tell you clearly whether there’s a claim worth pursuing. If there is, we’ll tell you how we can help. If there isn’t, we’ll tell you that too.
We respond to all enquiries within 1 business day.
Common questions
Yes. Fair Go Australia works with clients across all of Perth — including the southern suburbs — on a fully remote basis. There is no need to visit an office. You can have your initial evaluation by phone or video, and everything from there is handled digitally. Location is not a barrier to getting proper legal advice.
Under the Limitation Act 2005 (WA), general professional negligence claims must be brought within 6 years of the negligence occurring or being discovered. Personal injury claims — including medical negligence — carry a 3-year period from the date of discovery. If you are unsure whether your time is still running, get advice now. Waiting is the one thing that can close off your options permanently.
No. Our entire service is conducted remotely. Initial consultations are by phone or video call, and all documentation is managed digitally. This is by design — we work with clients across Western Australia and the rest of the country without requiring anyone to take time off work to sit in a waiting room.
Any licensed professional who owes a duty of care can potentially be held liable — solicitors, conveyancers, medical practitioners, financial advisers, accountants, engineers, building surveyors, and real estate agents are among the most common. The key questions are whether they owed you a duty of care, whether they fell below the standard expected of a competent practitioner in their field, and whether that failure caused you a quantifiable loss.
These are separate processes with different outcomes. A complaint to the Law Society of Western Australia is a disciplinary matter — if upheld, it can result in a reprimand, conditions on the solicitor’s practising certificate, or in serious cases, deregistration. It does not result in financial compensation for you. A professional negligence claim is a civil matter brought through the courts, seeking compensation for the loss you suffered. Both can arise from the same incident, but only the civil claim puts money back in your pocket.
Our goal is to help people in the best way possible. this is a basic principle in every case and cause for success. contact us today for a free consultation.
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