Connect with meBailey specialises in major and complex loss with a focus on advising insurance markets on coverage and claims for large infrastructure projects.
Bailey has worked on significant construction and coverage litigation in the superior courts of Australia, including matters with quantum over $100 million.
He has worked with insurers, insureds, construction companies and owners corporations in claims regarding claims, coverage, dispute resolution and litigation. Bailey prides himself on his high-quality problem-solving when assisting any stakeholder.
Bailey was named Runner-Up in the Australian Insurance Law Association Ron Shorter Memorial Award, voted as the People’s Choice Winner of the Law Society of NSW Golden Gavel competition, and named as a finalist in the Insurance category for the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30.
Subrogation, Construction and Contract Works
- Acting for a designer defending a matter concerning design and construction failures where the quantum was over $2 million.
- Acting for a market-leading construction company in a litigated matter against another market-leading construction company concerning a failed construction project where the quantum was almost $100 million.
- Acting for owners corporations in litigated matters against builders and developers regarding alleged construction defects in residential building work.
- Defending a claim from shareholders regarding a breach of continuous disclosure obligations by a company that entered liquidation owing $600+ million to creditors.
Coverage
- Acting for a market of international co-insurers in a litigated coverage dispute regarding a major loss associated with failures and defects in an LNG pipeline project.
- Acting for a market of international co-insurers in a coverage dispute regarding a major mining loss.
- Property – Major Loss
- Subrogated Recoveries
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Energy, Mining and Power
- Australian Insurance Law Association
- Law Society of New South Wales
- NSW Young Lawyers