Sean Delpopolo – Legal Practitioner Director
Sean is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law.*
Sean specialises in serious and catastrophic injury claims (including traumatic brain injuries, acquired brain injuries and other head injuries, amputations, severe burns and spinal cord injuries resulting in tetraplegia, paraplegia and the like), National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIISQ) claims, construction accident claims, mining accident claims, workers’ compensation injury claims, work injury claims, workplace injury claims, motor vehicle accident injury claims, motorcycle accident injury claims, other road accident injury claims, brain and head injury claims, spinal injury claims, public liability injury claims, death and fatal injury claims, bullying and harassment claims, psychiatric and psychological injury claims and total and permanent disability claims.
He has been running personal injury claims in Queensland for over 25 years. Sean founded our firm in 2004 and the firm has grown and gone from strength to strength on the background of outstanding service, incredible results and charging really fair fees.
With an innate sense of fairness and justice, this motivates Sean and his team to do everything they can to ensure that the results they achieve for their clients are something that they can all be proud of. In Sean’s mind, the interests of the firm’s clients come first, before anything else, and this value has flowed on through to the entire team.
As a father of two daughters, Sean understands that his clients’ personal injury claims can make a huge difference to their lives and the lives of those around them. This is why he has made it his life’s work to fight for the “little guy” to obtain the compensation they deserve.
Helen Ashton- Legal Practitioner Director
Helen is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law.*
As an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law, having been awarded theqld-law-society highest achiever award for the course in 2015, Helen has a high level of knowledge and technical expertise. Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2001, she also has extensive experience in running all types of personal injury claims.
Helen specialises in serious and catastrophic injury claims (including traumatic brain injuries, acquired brain injuries and other head injuries, amputations, severe burns and spinal cord injuries resulting in tetraplegia, paraplegia and the like), National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIISQ) claims, workers’ compensation injury claims, work injury claims, workplace injury claims, motor vehicle accident, motorcycle accident injury claims, other road accident injury claims, medical negligence claims, construction accident claims, mining accident claims, public liability injury claims, death and fatal injury claims, bullying and harassment claims, psychiatric and psychological injury claims and total and permanent disability claims.
Helen has a friendly and approachable personality and strives to ensure that her clients are kept well informed and are provided with quality and practical legal advice.
As a mother of three young children, Helen understands the impact events can have on a family unit and works proactively to achieve the right result for her clients in the shortest possible timeframe. Helen has the ability and the experience to assist clients with a wide variety of claims, including any personal injury claims with a high level of complexity and those that have had catastrophic consequences.
Charlotte Evans – Legal Practitioner Director
Charlotte has practised solely in compensation litigation for over 20 years.
She is committed to fighting for the rights of plaintiffs and helping her clients through the legal maze, to achieve outcomes that put people back in control of their lives. She has had experience in taking a number of matters to Trial and winning hard fought cases for her clients and she does not shy away from a challenge.
Charlotte has a friendly and approachable personality and strives to cut through the legal jargon to make the process understandable for her clients whilst ensuring that her clients are also kept well informed throughout their claim.
Out of the office Charlotte is a busy Mum, who now enjoys the privileges of living in beautiful Queensland and making the most of all it has to offer.
Prue Prescott – Special Counsel
Prue has been running personal injury claims for nearly 20 years. This has involved acting for injured claimants in most areas of personal injury law including serious and catastrophic injury claims (with injuries such as traumatic brain injuries, acquired brain injuries and other head injuries, amputations, severe burns and spinal cord injuries resulting in tetraplegia, paraplegia and the like), construction accident claims, mining accident claims, workers’ compensation injury claims, work injury claims, workplace injury claims, motor vehicle accident injury claims, motorcycle accident injury claims, other road accident injury claims, public liability injury claims, death and fatality claims, bullying and harassment claims, psychiatric injury claims and total and permanent disability claims.
Prue enjoys handling the more complex claims, such as traumatic brain injury, fatal injury and nervous shock claims, as well as claims involving complex legal principles. Prue seeks to use her Masters qualification in writing and literature to tell each and every client’s individual story, ensuring they are treated fairly by insurers and that they obtain the compensation they deserve.
In 2019, Prue was nominated by the Women Lawyers Association of Queensland Inc as an Inspirational Lawyer.
Outside of work, Prue is a busy mum of boys but also tries to find the time to read, write and explore nature.
Frances Bertram – Special Counsel
After beginning her legal career on the Redcliffe peninsula more than 25 years ago, Fran has truly come full circle, returning to serve the community where her professional journey first began.
Drawing on a wealth of experience in personal injury law, Fran represents clients with serious and catastrophic injuries (including brain injuries, amputations, spinal cord injuries resulting in tetraplegia, paraplegia and the like, hypoxic injuries resulting in cerebral palsy, stroke, severe cognitive impairment and the like, severe nerve damage, functional neurological injuries, cardiac injuries, severe disfigurement and death), in construction accident claims, mining accident claims, workplace injury claims, motor vehicle accident claims, public liability injury claims, death and fatality claims, bullying and harassment claims, psychiatric injury claims, total and permanent disability claims and product liability claims.
Fran has a special interest in medical negligence claims, inspired by her own personal experience as a parent to a child with special needs and following her time heading one of the largest medical law teams in a large national law firm. Fran has successfully advocated for clients and achieved significant outcomes in medical negligence claims involving:
- catastrophic birth Injuries
- birth trauma
- failed medical treatment
- delayed diagnosis, including of cancer
- surgical failures
- nervous shock as a result of medical negligence
- dependency claims as a result of medical negligence
Fran has also previously worked as a defendant lawyer, which gives her a unique insight into how the other side operates and an upper hand when it comes to achieving the best outcome for her clients.
Fran is dedicated to her clients, combining empathy, thoroughness, efficiency and excellence in every aspect of her work. She approaches each claim with genuine understanding and insight, allowing her to connect with clients on a meaningful level and appreciate their individual needs and challenges. Fran’s compassion also ensures that every client feels truly heard, supported and informed throughout their legal journey.
Fran truly loves her work and takes great pride and satisfaction knowing that she can help to make someone’s life just that little bit easier.
Out of the office, Fran is mum of two adult children and two Frenchie’s (who her children will argue are the favourites!) and an advocate for people with disabilities.
Danielle Beddoes – Solicitor
Danielle commenced her legal career as a personal injury lawyer in a large national law firm where she became familiar with the provisions of several statutory compensation schemes whilst acting on behalf of injured claimants across various areas of insurance litigation, including matters arising from motor vehicle accident injury claims, workers’ compensation injury claims, workplace accident injury claims and public liability injury claims. Danielle has developed a particular interest in e-scooter injury claims, bicycle injury claims, motorcycle accident injury claims and other road accident injury claims.
Danielle prides herself on achieving positive outcomes for her clients by understanding what is important to her clients and ensuring that her clients’ personal injury claims are brought to a resolution as cost-effectively and expeditiously as possible.
Outside of work, Danielle enjoys spending time with her family and friends and is an active member of a number of committees both within the Gold Coast legal industry and broader Gold Coast community.
Taylor Delpopolo – Graduate Law Clerk
Taylor is a law student in her third year of a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree at the Queensland University of Technology. She expects to complete her degree at the end of 2025 and to be qualified to practice as a Solicitor in the second half of 2026.
She has worked with East Coast Injury Lawyers during her university breaks since 2022 and is now working part-time with our firm permanently, assisting the lawyers in our firm with various types of personal injury claims, including work injury claims, workplace injury claims, motor vehicle accident injury claims, motorcycle accident injury claims, other road accident injury claims, brain and head injury claims, spinal injury claims, public liability injury claims, death and fatal injury claims, psychiatric and psychological injury claims and total and permanent disability claims.
Taylor is passionate about helping people and loves being able to apply all the knowledge that she has gained from her university studies as well as through her experience working with our firm to assist with ensuring that our clients achieve great outcomes from their personal injury claims.
When Taylor is not studying for exams, completing assignments or working at our firm, she can be found at the gym, playing basketball or enjoying everything outdoors, especially the beach and boating.
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At East Coast Lawyers, we are proud to have been recognised on a number of occasions in the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Doyle’s Guide for our diligence and expertise in the area of work litigation, motor vehicle litigation and public liability litigation in Queensland.
2020 DOYLE’S GUIDE AWARDS
Firm Awards
- Leading Public Liability Compensation Law Firms (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – East Coast Lawyers
Individual Practitioner Awards
- Leading Public Liability Compensation Lawyers (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – Sean Delpopolo
2019 DOYLE’S GUIDE AWARDS
Firm Awards
- Leading Public Liability Compensation Law Firms (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – East Coast Lawyers
Individual Practitioner Awards
- Leading Motor Vehicle Accident Compensation Lawyers (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – Sean Delpopolo - Leading Public Liability Compensation Lawyers (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – Sean Delpopolo
2018 DOYLE’S GUIDE AWARDS
Firm Awards
- Leading Work Litigation Law Firms (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – East Coast Lawyers - Leading Public Liability Litigation Law Firms (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – East Coast Lawyers
Individual Practitioner Awards
- Leading Public Liability Litigation Lawyers (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Leading – Sean Delpopolo - Leading Work Litigation Lawyers (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – Sean Delpopolo - Leading Motor Vehicle Litigation Lawyers (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – Sean Delpopolo
2017 DOYLE’S GUIDE AWARDS
Firm Awards
- Leading Work Litigation Law Firms (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – East Coast Lawyers - Leading Public Liability Litigation Law Firms (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – East Coast Lawyers
Individual Practitioner Awards
- Leading Public Liability Litigation Lawyers (Plaintiff) – Australia
Recommended – Sean Delpopolo - Leading Public Liability Litigation Lawyers (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Leading – Sean Delpopolo - Leading Work Litigation Lawyers (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – Sean Delpopolo - Leading Motor Vehicle Litigation Lawyers (Plaintiff) – Queensland
Recommended – Sean Delpopolo
