Although 30 years old this year, section 54 of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 still requires its application to be determined by the High Court. In Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Ltd [2014] HCA 33 the High Court has resolved the apparent tension between 2 different Court of Appeal decisions in Maxwell and Johnson v Triple […]
Last night at the APIG Conference Gala Dinner, Wotton Kearney Chief Executive Partner David Kearney announced that the firm will partner with APIG in the establishment of a scholarship offering one young insurance professional the opportunity to attend the Professional Indemnity Forum Conference in the UK each year. This scholarship fits neatly with both APIG’s […]
Congratulations to COO Andrew Price on his truly epic performance in the MetaMan Bintan ironman yesterday, 24 August. Despite sustaining a training injury in the week before the competition, Andrew managed to complete the 1.9km swim, 90.1km cycle and 21.1km run in just 6 hours, 15 minutes and 11 seconds to finish 88th out of […]
Congratulations to Danielle Skinner, Katie Shanks and Lauren Fieldus on their inclusion in Australasian Lawyer magazine’s “Fifty Rising Stars” feature.
Congratulations to Raisa Conchin on her well-deserved inclusion in Insurance Business magazine’s “Young Guns” feature.
In their article published in the August edition of Insurance Business magazine, Heidi Nash-Smith and Jack Geng provide a useful comparison of the way claims against financial service providers are dealt with by the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Federal Court.
On Friday 8 August 5 members of Wotton Kearney’s Sydney office formed part of a group sleeping out for country kids on the roof of the Royal Far West building on Manly’s seafront. Together with COO Andrew Price’s upcoming half-ironman in Singapore, the aim of the sleep out was to raise money to fund an […]
Wotton Kearney has been named as a finalist for the inaugural Lawyers Weekly “Boutique Law Firm” award. Winners of all of this year’s awards will be announced at a dinner on Friday 8 August. Congratulations and good luck to all finalists!
Wotton Kearney is delighted to announce the following promotions, effective as of 1 July 2014.
Asylum seekers are becoming increasingly marginalised by both government policy and cuts to legal funding. W+K’s Pro Bono Coordinator Heidi Nash-Smith talks about what W+K are doing to help
