Robert Parcell
Special Counsel
Special Counsel
Robert holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland and was admitted to practice on 19 February 1990. With a career spanning over three decades, Robert has built his extensive experience in personal injury law, particularly in workers' compensation and statutory claims.
Beginning his career in 1988, Robert progressed from articled clerk to partner, gaining a broad range of experience in CTP claims. From 2010 to 2021, Robert worked as a consultant at national and global law firms, specialising in workers' compensation statutory claims and damages claims defence. Since August 2021, Robert has been a Special Counsel, continuing to focus on workers' compensation and personal injury law.
Robert has been an Accredited Specialist in personal injury law since 1998 and is a current member of the Queensland Law Society (QLS) and the Personal Injury Law Specialist Accreditation Committee. Additionally, Robert completed the QLS Practice Management Course in 2002 and the Bar Practice Course Queensland in 2008.
McCabes acted for the successful appellant occupier in a recent matter in the NSW Court of Appeal which considered a claim for pure mental harm allegedly sustained by a cleaner present at the aftermath of a fatal car accident.
A recent decision by the NSW Court of Appeal upheld the principle that the plaintiff bears the onus of establishing the cause of his accident. In circumstances where the plaintiff is unable to establish this cause on the basis of the evidence available, the defendant cannot be presumed liable for the incident simply by the mere fact that it occurred.
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