Find Lawyers in Brisbane, Australia for Personal Injury Litigation
Paul has over 20 years' experience in insurance and commercial litigation. In particular his practice focuses on personal injury and property liability claims under common law and statutory schemes as well as marine and transport industry litigation. Paul also specialises in indemnity disputes, fraud claims, statutory prosecution defence and recoveries. Paul advises various major national and international insurers, large corporate insureds, transport operators and government departments. He ...
Hamish is a Principal Lawyer in DWF's Insurance team, and is based in the Brisbane and Gold Coast offices. He has over 25 years' experience in the fields of insurance, health law, local government and workers' compensation. Hamish acts for the Queensland Government Health in the defence of claims and complaints made against public hospitals. He is also on the panels for several Local Government self-insurers, as well as the major state workers compensation insurer, WorkCover. Hamish also acts...
Anna is a Partner in HopgoodGanim Lawyers' Insurance practice who advises exclusively in insurance litigation, acting on behalf of major public liability insurers, workers’ compensation insurers and self-insurers, compulsory third party insurers and professional indemnity insurers. Anna has been a WorkCover Queensland panel solicitor since September 2011 and was an approved delegate solicitor from 2008. In her capacity as a panel solicitor, Anna is involved in all stages of the Pre-proc...
Terry has over 25 years' insurance litigation experience, with his past 20 years focused predominantly on advising underwriters and self-insurers in the defence of damages claims for personal injuries, property damage and financial loss. Terry has an in-depth understanding of and expertise in the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 , The Civil Liability Act 2003 and the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 . In the 2018 Doyle's Guide , Terry was recognised as leading def...
About Yvette Yvette is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law with more than 17 years' experience in the insurance industry. She has practised predominantly in defending statutory classes, common law and general insurance claims since 1996. She also regularly advises on liability issues. What she does Yvette advises clients on complex statutory and liability claims, property recovery claims, multiple party actions, indemnity and quantum issues, scheme-sensitive matters and complex li...
About Mark Mark is an experienced defendant insurance lawyer who has acted for insured and insurer clients for the duration of his career. Mark's experience spans defending both professional indemnity and public liability claims across a variety of industries, with particular focus on defending claims arising from within the legal, financial, construction and medical arenas. What he does As a result of managing the defence of claims from cradle to grave across multiple lines and industries, M...
Cameron is a Partner in our Insurance Litigation team. He acts for insurers defending claims for damages for personal injuries including work incidents, public liability, motor vehicle and total and permanent disability claims against superannuation insurers. One of the first solicitors in Queensland to be an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injuries Law, Cameron acts for WorkCover Queensland and other large self-insurers including mining companies, manufacturers and local government. Client...
Kelli has extensive experience in insurance, product liability, public liability and workers’ compensation having acted for more than 30 years on behalf of insurers (both domestic and international), corporations, government bodies and instrumentalities. In the insurance area she has vast experience in acting on liability claims, particularly product liability, public liability and workers’ compensation. She has appeared before courts, regulatory bodies, inquiries and coronial inq...
Damien is the Managing Director of DWF in Australia. He is based in our Brisbane office and oversees the Australian operation across all sites. Damien is also a Principal Lawyer with over 20 years' experience in insurance law and leads DWF's Australian insurance group. As the Managing Director of DWF in Australia, Damien is committed to doing things differently for our people and our clients and to growing the DWF business in Australia. In addition to being Managing Director, Damien is a reco...
Areas of Expertise Mark is a Partner in Holman Webb's Insurance practice group in Brisbane and has over 15 years’ experience in insurance litigation. He has extensive experience in personal injury, property damage claims and public and product liability claims in both Queensland and New South Wales. Mark’s past experience includes working as a national claims manager with responsibility for a claims portfolio of over 800 claims, giving Mark a unique understanding of the requiremen...
Personal Injury Litigation Definition
Consequently each State and Territory has different procedural requirements for bringing a claim (with some prescribing extensive pre-litigation procedures), differing duty of care provisions, variations in assessments of damages and impositions of costs thresholds. There also is specific legislation in each State and Territory for statutory classes of action, such as Workers’ Compensation and Compulsory Third Party Insurance for motor vehicle claims. Once again, there are discreet differences in the various jurisdictions.
Consequently, care must be taken when instructing lawyers in personal injury claims to ensure that they have the requisite expertise in the relevant jurisdictions and for the different types of personal injury claims. Lawyers briefed in such matters will be required to provide detailed advice on coverage issues arising under insurance policies and applicable legislation, advice on liability and apportionment issues between co-tortfeasors as well as assessment of quantum and recommend reserves. Representation is often required for Court applications/hearings and at conferences/mediations. A lawyer with excellent advocacy skills is essential, as well as the ability to negotiate settlements on behalf of clients. Clear and concise advice writing is also desirable and the ability to clearly define strategies for the future conduct and direction of a claim.
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