Corporate Profile

Who are we?

The Brief Group was established in 2000 by two WorkCover prosecution lawyers to assist businesses meet their safety and workers compensation obligations.

“As WorkCover lawyers we became increasingly frustrated with our only involvement being the prosecution of companies after an incident. The opportunity to get in first and provide meaningful assistance before death, serious injury or prosecution was a key motivating factor for us establishing The Brief Group. We were tired of seeing companies consistently prosecuted for the same reasons.”

Offering a unique blend of both legal and practical experience, the company has established itself throughout Australia as the leading authority in the provision of OHS risk management and compliance support.

How do we help business?

Having worked “both sides of the fence” The Brief Group knows that worker safety and compensation issues are an important but an often frustrating aspect of running a business.

This frustration is compounded by time and expertise constraints, the worry of fines, civil suits, legal costs, industrial disruption, productivity loss, insurance premium increases and lost business opportunities in the event of an incident.

Our role is to ensure that statutory OHS compliance issues are met through the implementation of practical, commercially orientated solutions designed to eliminate or reduce the prospect of workplace injuries. In the event of an injury, accepting that risk cannot be entirely eliminated, our role is to return the person to work as soon as possible at the lowest possible cost to the client.

“The most challenging aspect of our job is to find some middle ground between absolute legal compliance and solutions that are commercially realistic. The fact that the laws are constantly changing and best practice OHS risk management strategies are continually evolving means there are always opportunities for companies to improve.”

Our support consists of a variety of different products and services, all aligned to jurisdictional requirements and tailored to reflect the particular objectives of each client. Clients typically use us on a project to project, part-time or full-time basis.


Bruce Whitehead, Director


Tony Morris, Director

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