Connect with meCaitlin is a senior associated based in Tauranga. Caitlin works in a range of insurance areas, specialising in professional negligence and subrogated recoveries. Caitlin defends professionals in a range of disciplinary bodies and has achieved favourable results in front of the Real Estate Authority, Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors’ Standards Committees and the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. Caitlin has assisted on subrogated recoveries involving large volumes of plaintiffs and multi-jurisdictional issues.
Caitlin takes a commercial approach to her work, focusing on achieving resolution at the earliest stage and is a strong advocate for her clients. She ensures that clients are at ease when they are navigating unfamiliar territory.
Caitlin is passionate about pro bono work and assists with refugee reunification work as part of Wotton Kearney’s pro bono programme and leads Wotton Kearney’s Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.
Professional Liability
- Assisting defence and settlement of proceedings brought against pre-purchase inspectors, engineers, architects and surveyors involving high value residential and commercial buildings.
- Regularly advising on and defending professional negligence claims brought against real estate agents before a range of bodies, including the Real Estate Agents Authority, Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal and the High Court.
- Advising and assisting with professional negligence claims against design and construction professionals in leaky building and defect claims in the High Court.
- Assisting on the successful strike-out of a claim against a solicitor and the recovery of costs awarded.
- Assisting defence and settlement of proceedings brought against engineers, architects and surveyors involving high value residential and commercial buildings.
- Assisting on a successful application for a stay of proceedings under the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010.
- Assisting in the successful defence of solicitors in front of the Standards Committee and Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal.
Recoveries
- Assisting on large scale subrogated recovery involving multi-jurisdictional issues.
- Assisting on large scale subrogated recovery involving over 100 plaintiffs.
- Pursuing subrogated recovery claims for insurers and insureds, including recoveries arising out of forest fires, product damage and heavy machinery.
Product Liability
- Assisting on a large scale product liability claim involving multiple third parties across an international supply chain.
- Commercial Litigation
- Professional Liability
- Subrogated Recoveries
- Professions and Business Services
- Property and Real Estate
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Industrial and Commercial
- Technology and Cyber
- New Zealand Insurance Law Association
- Wellington Woman in Insurance
- Society of Construction Law