Connect with meSophie specialises in general liability claims involving personal/workplace injuries, product liability and property damage. She has 9 years of experience in insurance litigation working with many leading national and international insurers.
Sophie is focused on achieving timely and cost-effective outcomes for her clients. She regularly acts in complex multi-defendant claims in the Supreme and County Courts of Victoria, as well as the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
She has broad industry experience regularly advising the construction, retail, sporting and leisure industries on claim defence and resolution strategies.
Sophie also advises on coverage and indemnity disputes involving both commercial and statutory insurers.
Personal Injury
- Defending project managers/telecommunications contractors in public liability claims arising from the NBN rollout.
- Defending cleaning and maintenance contractors in personal injury claims taking place in large public venues such as the MCG, Flinders Street railway station and major shopping complexes.
- Defending sporting clubs in personal injury claims brought by AFL players.
- Defending occupiers of sporting facilities, licensed venues and medical facilities in personal injury claims.
- Resolving personal injury claims pre-litigation, reducing costs involved with protracted claims.
- Defending psychiatric injury claims.
- Acting in personal injury matters involving defective goods and claims under the Australian Consumer Law.
WorkCover
- Acting for host employers in the defence of workplace injury claims.
- Regularly acting in complex multi-defendant workplace injury claims on construction sites.
- Acting in indemnity claims against the Victorian WorkCover Authority.
- Defending statutory recovery actions by the Victorian WorkCover Authority and related common law actions.
- Acting in workplace injury claims involving the use of a motor vehicle and associated claims for indemnity from the Transport Accident Commission.
Property Damage (Third Party)
- Defending building contractors in claims made under the Domestic Building Contracts Act.
- Defending building contractors in fire/flood negligence claims and claims made under the Australian Consumer Law.
- Defending telecommunications contractors in claims made by water authorities regarding damage to water mains.
- Acting for insurers in respect of subrogated recovery actions in property damage matters.
Product Liability and Recall
- Defending manufacturers and importers in claims brought under the Australian Consumer Law.
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability and Recall
- Property Damage
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Industrial and Commercial Property
- Manufacturing and Consumer Goods
- Sports, Leisure and Entertainment
- Australian Insurance Law Association – Committee Member
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Women in Insurance