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Insurance Year in Review

Wotton + Kearney Insurance Year in Review – 2011
Wotton + Kearney Insurance Year in Review – 2010
Wotton + Kearney Insurance Year in Review – 2009

Public and Products Liability

Pritchard v Trius Constructions Pty Ltd & Anors [2011] NSWSC 749
September 09, 2011 - Author: Paul Spezza, Partner and Justin Carroll, Solicitor
Policy terms: Where does the onus of proof lie?
April 07, 2010 - Author: Olympia Samolis
ACE v Moose: Enforcing the jurisdictional bargain
September 14, 2009 - Author: Adam Chylek and Gareth Horne
Dishonourable causes – a bar to action: Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Limited (in liquidation) (2009) UKHL 39
August 20, 2009 - Author: Charles Thornley
A shot across the bows of private statutory causes of action for personal injury
July 17, 2009 - Author: Charles Thornley
Australian court gives effect to the term ‘retroactive date’
February 17, 2009 - Author: Charles Simon and Clare Branch
Developments in labour hire liabilities
June 16, 2009 - Author: Andrew Seiter
Hoteliers’ liability: Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Moubarak (2009) NSWCA 29
March 17, 2009 - Author: Robin Shute

Professional Indemnity

Gorczynski v W&FT Osmo Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 163: Third Parties and Section 54 - Another nail in the coffin of “claims made and notified” policies?
August 03, 2010 - Author: By Michael Bath, Special Counsel and Kiri-Ana Libbesson, Solicitor
Dimitra Cassidy v Eric J Leslie [2010] NSWSC 742: What is a claim?
July 19, 2010 - Author: Patrick Boardman and Gabrielle Levette
Loss of Chance and Causation
April 23, 2010 - Author: Eve Bignell

Directors and Officers

Third party claims and deeds of company arrangement: The Lehman Brothers DOCA fails
April 01, 2010 - Author: Jane Bochenek
ASIC unable to reel in the Rich - Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Rich
November 27, 2009 - Author: Matt Foglia and Richard Bassingthwaite

Construction and Contract Works

All in a state: The pitfalls of negotiating professional indemnity insurance in large scale commercial contracts
July 07, 2010 - Author: Callan O'Neill
Developments in construction, engineering and contract works
June 28, 2010 - Author: Hannah Keane, Michael Bath & Jason Buttigieg
High Court reaffirms principals’ duties to contractors
September 03, 2009 - Author: Charles Simon and Cassandra Wright
QBE v Lumley: A restatement of contribution principles
June 26, 2009 - Author: Gareth Horne

Other

Trade Practice Act is replaced by Competition and Consumer Act 2010
March 09, 2011 - Author: Charles Thornley
Sweeping changes proposed to civil procedure in Victoria
June 28, 2010 - Author: Andrew Seiter, Senior Associate
Brookfield Multiplex Limited v International Litigation Funding Partners Pte Ltd [2009] FCAFC 147
October 30, 2009 - Author: Patrick Boardman

Trade and Transport

Trade & Transport Bulletin - March 2011
March 07, 2011 - Author: Simon Black

Financial Lines

Critical change to proportionate liability – the Court of Appeal decision in Vella
December 22, 2011 - Author: Patrick Boardman, Partner and April O'Keefe, Senior Associate
Steigrad & Ors v Bridgecorp Limited & Ors
November 03, 2011 - Author: Patrick Boardman, Partner
Financial Lines Quarterly Review
March 22, 2010 - Author: Patrick Boardman, Charles Thornley & Colleen Palmkvist
Financial Lines Quaterly Review - April 2011
April 15, 2011 - Author: Patrick Boardman, Partner
Financial Lines Alert - 'ASIC succeeds in saying it is the former in its proceedings against Centro directors'
July 01, 2011 - Author: Patrick Boardman, Partner and Michael Bath, Special Counsel
Financial Lines Alert - 'How Smart: Court Confines the Statutory of Utmost Good Faith'
August 05, 2011 - Author: Callan O'Neill, Senior Associate




  • Wotton + Kearney - Winner of the Best Newcomer 2010 Award at the Asia Pacific Aderant Conference 2010
  • Wotton + Kearney was voted the Insurance Specialist Law Firm of the Year at the ALB Australasian Law Awards 2009 and was a finalist again in 2010
  • Wotton + Kearney has invested in cutting edge legal technology to allow the efficient and streamlined management of large numbers of documents
  • Our 6 key focus groups are:
    +        Public and Products Liability
    +        Construction
    +        Reinsurance
    +        Financial Lines
    +        Property/ISR
    +        Trade and Transport
  • Wotton + Kearney was ranked fastest growing legal employer  in The Australian's annual Legal Affairs Partnership Survey for 2011.
  • Wotton + Kearney have been awarded a blue category ribbon in the under 100 employees category for Employer of Choice 2011
  • Wotton + Kearney turned 10 on February 4 2012! Read our managing partner's message or visit our news & media page to find out more.

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