Financial Lines

• Acting as coverage counsel for an international insurer in class action proceedings brought against a national airline and two directors in which insurers were sought to be joined to the proceedings.
• Acting as coverage counsel for an international insurer in respect of an Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) prosecution brought against a technology company regarding conduct during its initial public offering.
• Providing coverage advice to an international insurer following a large-scale ransomware attack on a legal services provider.
• Providing coverage advice to a Lloyd’s syndicate following an investigation by the New South Wales Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
• Acting in court proceedings for a medical indemnity insurer in the successful defence of a denial due to non-disclosure issues.
• Acting on instruction from an insurer for three law firms in separate class action proceedings relating to off-the-plan conveyances.
• Acting on instruction from an international insurer for a multinational engineering firm in a professional negligence claim following a drilling exercise that damaged significant underground utilities.
• Acting on instruction from an insurer in the successful defence of a law firm against allegations of negligent implementation of settlement instructions, appealed to the New South Wales Court of Appeal.

Employment and Work Health & Safety

• Acting for a multinational insurance broker seeking to enforce restraint of trade provisions on senior employees (including several directors) in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
• Advising a large construction company following the fatality of an employee at a worksite.
• Acting for an international technology and appliances manufacturer in an unfair dismissal application brought by a former employee.
• Undertaking due diligence for employment-related issues within a broader team advising a healthcare company on its acquisition of an assisted reproductive technology company.
• Acting for a national dairy co-operative seeking to enforce restraint of trade provisions on the former Chairman in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
• Acting for a multinational rail machinery manufacturer in a work health & safety prosecution brought by SafeWork NSW.
• Acting for a scaffolding and plant leasing company in a work health & safety prosecution brought by SafeWork NSW.
• Acting for a logistics company in a prosecution for breaches of fatigue management provisions in the Heavy Vehicle National Law.
• Acting for three entities engaged in a joint venture to construct a renewable energy project in an adverse action application brought by a trade union, on behalf of their member, in the Fair Work Commission.