Professional Indemnity

• Advising on professional indemnity claims and acting as defence counsel on professional negligence claims against construction professionals, valuers and financial professionals, such as accountants, financial planners, mortgage brokers and stockbrokers.
• Representing doctors, surgeons, pharmacists and allied health professionals in defence of claims and disciplinary proceedings.

Directors and Officers

• Defending claims against directors and officers in the Federal Court of Australia, including class actions and liquidator’s claims.
• Indemnity advice under management liability policies, including in claims by SMEs, law firms and local government authorities.

Regulatory and Investigations

• Assisting companies and directors/officers to respond to investigative and other notices issued by ASIC and the ACCC, including representing them at examinations and interviews, and negotiating letters of comfort and undertakings.
• Acting for the owner of a quarry in the Grantham Floods Commission of Inquiry, in which the quarry was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Environmental Liability

• Representing insureds in prosecutions brought by the NSW Environment Protection Authority and the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
• Advising insurers on the operation of environmental liability policies and assisting them to implement remediation and monitoring programs in consultation with State EPA agencies.