Construction and Infrastructure

• Acting on behalf of insurers and a large engineering firm in the Supreme Court of Victoria in defence of a claim for damages regarding alleged negligent professional advice and misleading and deceptive conduct.
• Acted on behalf of Lloyd’s market reinsurers in a claim arising out of damage to an offshore windfarm.

Professions and Business Services

• Acting in VCAT on behalf of a building surveyor in a claim for an allegedly defective high value domestic build.
• Defending a firm of engineers in the Supreme Court of Victoria regarding alleged negligent professional advice in the construction of a large commercial premises and pursuing contribution proceedings against the commercial builder.

Recoveries

• Recovering insured outlay for insurer client and uninsured losses for a property developer in the Supreme Court of Tasmania.

Energy, Mining and Power

• Advised Lloyd’s market reinsurers on defective part clauses in an Offshore Construction All Risk policy (incorporating standard WELCAR definitions) on a potential exposure arising from an offshore asset in Malaysia.
• Advised captive and insurer on the response of an amended WELCAR wording to a circa USD100m claim for defective equipment on an offshore platform in Norway.

Marine and Transport

• Acted for London market insurers in defence of a £50m claim relating to the loss of a commercial fishing vessel off the coast of Africa. This claim was litigated in the High Court of England & Wales.
• Defended London market insurers in a claim made under a Mortgagees Innocent Owners policy by a US hedge fund for the total loss of a fleet of mortgaged vessels, securing a loan.