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When something goes wrong with a professional you trusted — a doctor, a lawyer, a financial adviser — the consequences can be serious and lasting. In the Kimberley, those consequences can feel even harder to navigate. Specialist legal help is rarely on your doorstep out here, and knowing where to turn isn’t always obvious.
Fair Go Australia works with clients across regional and remote Western Australia. You don’t need to be in Perth. You don’t need to travel anywhere. If a professional has caused you measurable harm, you have the same rights as someone living in the CBD — and the same access to experienced legal help.
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The Kimberley spans an enormous area — Broome, Kununurra, Derby, Halls Creek, Fitzroy Crossing, Wyndham, and the communities beyond them. Across that region, people rely on professionals every day: GPs and visiting specialists, solicitors, financial advisers, accountants, and construction engineers.
When those professionals fall below the standard their clients are entitled to expect, the harm doesn’t stay abstract. A misdiagnosis in a remote area can mean a condition progresses for months before a second opinion is possible. A solicitor’s missed deadline can close a legal door permanently. Bad financial advice can unravel savings built over decades.
Finding a specialist negligence lawyer who can actually pursue a claim — rather than a general practitioner who handles everything — isn’t straightforward when you’re hours from the nearest city. Our team works entirely by phone, video conference, and secure electronic communication. There is no requirement to attend an office in person at any point in the process.
Professional negligence can arise across a wide range of disciplines. These are the claim types we handle for Kimberley clients.
Misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, surgical errors, and treatment failures. In remote settings where access to specialists is already constrained, a medical error can delay correct treatment for far longer than it would in a city — and that delay itself often forms part of the harm.
Solicitors who missed court filing deadlines, gave incorrect legal advice, failed to act on clear instructions, or handled a conveyancing or estate matter incompetently. When a lawyer's error costs you a case or an asset, you may have a claim against them.
Advisers who recommended unsuitable investment products, failed to disclose conflicts of interest, or placed clients into strategies that exposed them to losses they were never told to expect.
Errors in tax advice, failure to lodge returns correctly, missed compliance obligations, or advice that triggered avoidable ATO penalties or assessments.
Structural defects, design failures, or non-compliant work on residential and commercial properties. In the Kimberley's climate and conditions, building defects can be particularly damaging and costly to rectify.
Professional negligence claims in Western Australia are governed by the Civil Liability Act 2002 (WA), alongside established common law principles. For a claim to succeed, three things generally need to be established: the professional owed you a duty of care; they fell below the standard of a reasonably competent practitioner in their field; and that failure directly caused you a loss that can be quantified.
The High Court’s decision in Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 remains the foundational authority on the standard of care owed by professionals to their clients. It established that the test is not what the professional believed was adequate — it is what a reasonable practitioner in that position would have done.
Significant claims in Western Australia are pursued in the Supreme Court of Western Australia. For legal practitioners, the Law Society of Western Australia is the relevant regulatory body. For health practitioners, AHPRA sets and enforces the applicable professional standards.
Under the Limitation Act 2005 (WA), the general limitation period for professional negligence claims is six years. For personal injury claims, the period is three years from the date you became aware — or should reasonably have become aware — of the negligence.
In the Kimberley, where access to legal advice can be limited, it’s not uncommon for people to go some time before realising that what happened to them may amount to actionable negligence. The discovery rule can sometimes assist — but it is not a safety net, and it has real limits. If you have any doubt about whether your time is still open, the only safe course is to get advice as soon as possible.
ACT BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT
In WA, professional negligence claims must generally be commenced within the applicable period under the Limitation Act 2005 (WA) — 6 years for general claims, or 3 years for personal injury from the date you became aware (or should reasonably have become aware) of the negligence. 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.
There are a lot of law firms in Australia. Most of them don’t specialise in professional negligence, and almost none of them have built a practice specifically around clients in regional and remote areas. Here’s what sets us apart.
Everything is handled remotely — phone consultations, video conferences, electronic signing. You don't need to leave the Kimberley to pursue a legitimate claim.
We handle professional negligence exclusively. Not family law, not conveyancing, not general litigation. This matters when the standard of care and causation arguments are complex and the other side has its own legal team.
You pay nothing unless your claim succeeds. The financial risk sits with us, not with you.
Not every situation gives rise to a viable claim. We'll tell you clearly if the evidence doesn't support proceeding — and we'll tell you why. The free evaluation is there to give you a straight answer, not to sign you up regardless.
Our legal team coordinates across WA, including representation connected to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in Perth.
Whether you’re in Broome, Kununurra, or a community well off the highway, you can speak with our team without leaving home. The evaluation is free, completely confidential, and carries no obligation to proceed. We respond to all enquiries within one business day.
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Yes. Your location has no bearing on your legal rights. Fair Go Australia works with clients across regional and remote Western Australia by phone and video — no in-person attendance required at any stage of the process.
Under the Limitation Act 2005 (WA), the general period is six years. For personal injury claims, it is three years from the date you discovered — or should have discovered — the negligence. If you are at all uncertain about where you stand, get advice now rather than later. Missing the deadline permanently closes your right to claim.
It means you pay no legal fees unless your claim succeeds. If the claim does not succeed, you owe us nothing. The initial case evaluation is always free. If your claim proceeds and results in a settlement or judgment in your favour, our fees are deducted from the amount recovered.
No. The entire process — initial evaluation, evidence gathering, legal advice, and communications — is handled remotely. Where court attendances are required in Perth, that is managed by our legal team. You are not expected to travel.
Under the Civil Liability Act 2002 (WA) and common law principles confirmed in Rogers v Whitaker (1992), a professional must meet the standard of a reasonably competent practitioner in their field. The question is not whether they tried their best — it is whether their conduct fell below what a competent professional in that position would have done.
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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