Victoria, Australia · Updated August 2026
Seventeen firms assessed against a published, weighted scoring model. Every criterion, every weight and every score is set out in full so you can judge the ranking for yourself.
Sixteen firms compared on fee protection, senior access, contested claims and impairment benefits.
Transport accident · MelbourneSeventeen firms compared, weighted toward IME disputes, impairment benefits and fee protection.
Slips, trips & public liabilityPublic liability claims need liability proved from scratch. Weighted to investigation and litigation.
Serious injury & lump sumWeighted to results, complex claims, and pre-existing injury arguments across WorkCover and TAC.
Rejected & disputed claimsFor claims already knocked back. Weighted to dispute pathways, IME challenges and straight answers.
Average rank across the five category lists a firm appears in — not a separate score out of 100. Burt & Davies is included only where the firm acts. How this is calculated.
| Rank | Firm | Average rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karlos Lawyers | 2.2 |
| 2 | Maurice Blackburn Lawyers | 2.6 |
| 3 | Burt & Davies Lawyers | 2.7 |
| 4 | Arnold Thomas & Becker | 3.2 |
| 5 | Henry Carus + Associates | 5.4 |
Each category weights the criteria that matter most to that type of claim. The weights are listed on the methodology page.
Fee protection, direct access to a senior lawyer, and whether a firm will run a contested claim to hearing — not marketing spend or firm size.
Firms cannot pay to appear, move up, or be removed. Corrections and updated information are accepted from any firm listed via the contact form.
17 Victorian personal injury practices are scored across the categories they act in. Each profile shows the firm's score and rank in every applicable category.
| Firm | Website |
|---|---|
| Karlos Lawyers | karloslaw.com.au |
| Maurice Blackburn Lawyers | mauriceblackburn.com.au |
| Slater and Gordon Lawyers | slatergordon.com.au |
| Henry Carus + Associates | henrycarus.com.au |
| Arnold Thomas & Becker | atblegal.com.au |
| Zaparas Lawyers | zaparas.com.au |
| Fittipaldi Injury Lawyers | fittipaldilawyers.com.au |
| Gordon Legal | gordonlegal.com.au |
| Stringer Clark Lawyers | stringerclark.com.au |
| Maxiom Injury Lawyers | maxiomlaw.com.au |
| Robinson Gill Lawyers | robinsongill.com.au |
| Littles Lawyers | littles.law |
| Guardian Injury Law | guardianinjurylaw.com.au |
| Polaris Injury Lawyers | polarislawyers.com.au |
| Law Partners Personal Injury Lawyers | lawpartners.com.au |
| LHD Lawyers | lhd.com.au |
| Burt & Davies Lawyers | burtdavies.com.au |
If you have read the ranking and still cannot separate two or three firms, you can leave your details and we will point you to the parts of the assessment that bear on your situation. Firms wanting a correction or a listing removed use the same form.
No. Firms cannot pay to appear, to move up, or to be removed. There are no sponsored placements, affiliate arrangements or advertising positions anywhere on this site. Corrections and updated information are accepted from any firm listed.
Each firm is rated out of 10 against nine published criteria, covering the claims process, cost protection, senior lawyer access, contested-claims experience, maximising compensation, impairment assessment, Comcare capability, IME disputes and client experience. Each category applies its own weights, which always total 100, and the weighted result is expressed as a score out of 100.
Seventeen Melbourne and Victorian personal injury firms are assessed. Individual categories contain fewer firms where a firm does not act in that area — for example a transport-accident-only practice is not scored for WorkCover or public liability work.
The current assessment was last reviewed in August 2026. Scores are re-checked when a firm supplies updated information, when a correction is accepted, or when material changes in a firm's practice come to notice.