Payne Butler Lang

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About Payne Butler Lang

Payne Butler Lang is a general practice law firm in Bundaberg. It operates from ‘Qunaba House’ at 2 Targo Street, Bundaberg Central. The firm states that it was originally established in 1887, the same year the building was erected. It also describes Qunaba House, formerly the Queensland National Bank, as the oldest commercial building in Bundaberg. Payne Butler Lang Pty Ltd (ABN 76 651 089 959) operates the practice. ABN Lookup shows the company as active from July 2021. In addition, the firm lists a single office, with weekday business hours, and a postal address in Bundaberg.

Claims the firm handles

Alongside injury law, the firm practises family law, wills and estates, and property and commercial transactions. Its injury law page states that it handles personal injury claims including motor vehicle accidents and workers’ compensation claims. It also handles slip-and-fall cases, as well as product liability and school and sporting injuries.

Injury lawyer and accreditation

Principal and director Bruce Dalton handles injury matters. According to the firm, he commenced practising law in 1993 and became a partner in 1999. His principal area of law is personal injuries. The Queensland Law Society register shows him under the name Alexander Bruce Dalton. It lists him as an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injuries Law. In total, the register lists eight solicitors at the firm. Mr Dalton is the only one with personal injuries law listed as an area of practice. In addition, the firm’s team page names fellow principal Glen Krebs as an accredited specialist in succession law.

Fees and rankings

The firm’s website does not publish fee information for injury claims. This includes whether it runs claims on a no win, no fee basis. As a result, people considering a claim would need to ask the firm directly about costs. This includes any uplift fee and how the firm handles disbursements. The footer also notes that personal injury work is exempted from the firm’s professional standards limited liability scheme.

Doyle’s Guide lists Payne Butler Lang as ‘Recommended’ among Queensland work injury compensation law firms (plaintiff) in 2025 and 2026. Similarly, it lists Bruce Dalton as ‘Recommended’ in the corresponding lawyers lists.

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