Lawyers’ costs would leave personal injury client with 5% of Coles settlement, court says

Personal injury 2024-02-20 3:17 pm By Sam Matthews | Melbourne

A woman who secured a $650,000 settlement from Coles after allegedly slipping on water at a Penrith, NSW supermarket may see just over five per cent of the sum after fees by the two law firms that represented her, as well as deductions by Medicare and Centrelink, a judge has said.