Leigh Davidson
Advantage Legal
Accredited Specialist Personal Injury Lawyer
Phone: (02) 8379 1806
Email: leighdavidson@advantagelegal.com.au
BIO
Leigh is a founding Principal Solicitor of Advantage Legal, a personal injury compensation law firm founded on the premise of embracing innovation and technology to deliver ‘tailored, practical and cost-effective’ legal services and solutions to clients.
The team at Advantage Legal have the knowledge and expertise of a large compensation law firm, but approach each and every client with a boutique law firm mentality. Leigh has a passion for helping injured people and understands that being injured results in tremendous uncertainty and stress. It is for this reason that he places a considerable emphasis on ensuring that his clients have a positive experience with Advantage Legal.
Leigh has extensive experience working for compensation law firms and ASX listed insurance companies and is committed to improving the way compensation schemes operate in NSW. He has appeared on multiple occasions before the NSW Parliament Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice to provide evidence on how the NSW motor accident compensation scheme could be improved to better serve injured people and industry stakeholders.
In addition to working as one of the Practice Principals of Advantage Legal, Leigh is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law, the Deputy Chair of the NSW Law Society Injury Compensation Committee and was previously a Decision Maker at the Dispute Resolution Service. He has a significant interest in bicycle safety and also how emerging technologies such as autonomous vehicles are changing the law.
ACHIEVEMENTS | MEMBERSHIPS | AFFILIATIONS
• Admitted to practice in NSW Supreme Court and High Court of Australia.
• Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law.
• Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
• Deputy Chair of the NSW Law Society Injury Compensation Committee.
• Decision Maker with the NSW Dispute Resolution Service.
• Exclusive Compensation Law Firm Partner of Bicycle NSW.
• Member of the NSW Law Society.
• 2022 Australasian Lawyer Most Influential Lawyer.
• 2022 Australasian Lawyer Top Boutique Firm.
• 2023 Australasian Lawyer Most Influential Lawyer.
• 2023 Australasian Lawyer Excellence Awardee – Boutique Firm of the Year.
• 2023 Local Business Awards – City Suburbs – Finalist.
• 2023 Business xCellence Awards – Finalist.
• 2023 Acquisition International – Leading Advisor Awards – Leading Motor Accident Lawyer of the Year NSW.
• 2023 Lawyers Weekly – Partner of the Year (Insurance Partner & Health Partner categories) – Finalist.
Case Study 1 - Motorcycle Injury Accident
The claimant was a male in his 20’s riding a motorbike in Sydney NSW. A motor vehicle failed to give way to oncoming traffic whilst exiting their driveway, resulting in a significant collision with the claimant’s motorbike in 2019. The claimant sustained significant injuries including fractures to multiple regions of his body and a life changing psychiatric injury. He required a series of operations following the accident and was subsequently prevented from fulfilling a career in the Australian Defence Force. Considerable differences in medical opinions existed regarding the extent and the impact of the claimant’s ongoing injuries which caused protracted legal and medical arguments in the claim. Notwithstanding the protracted and technical nature of the claim, a compensation payout of $1,300,000 was secured for the claimant.
Case Study 2 - Cyclist Injury Accident
The claimant was a male cyclist in his 60’s from a country town in NSW who worked as a road maintenance worker. He was riding his bicycle when a motor vehicle collided with him at speed in 2018, resulting in life changing injuries. He was knocked unconscious and subsequently transported to hospital by helicopter before undergoing extensive emergency surgery. The claimant was very fortunate not to sustain brain or spinal injuries, but did require further surgery after his initial ICU admission for unresolved fractures throughout his body. Leigh worked extensively with the insurer to ensure that the claimant received extensive treatment and rehabilitation for his physical and psychiatric injuries in addition to securing a compensation payout of $750,000.00.
Case Study 3 - Motor Scooter Injury Accident
The claimant was a male in his 50’s who worked as a self-employed marketing executive. He sustained numerous fractures and soft tissue injuries as well as a significant psychiatric injury when he was knocked from his motor scooter by a motor vehicle that failed to give way and collided with him in Sydney NSW in 2019. Leigh worked with the insurer, the rehabilitation provider and a large list of treatment providers to ensure that the claimant was able to obtain a very favourable return to work outcome after extensive physical and psychiatric treatment, whilst securing him a compensation payout of $480,00.00.
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