Caitlin is an associate based out of Tauranga.  Caitlin works in a range of insurance areas, focusing on professional negligence, product liability and subrogated recoveries. Caitlin defends professionals in a range of disciplinary bodies and has achieved favourable results in front of the Real Estate Authority, Solicitors’ Standards Committees and the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. Caitlin takes a commercial approach to her work, focusing on achieving resolution at the earliest stage.  She ensures that clients are at ease when they are navigating unfamiliar territory.

Professional Liability

  • Assisting defence and settlement of proceedings brought against engineers, architects and surveyors involving high value residential and commercial buildings.
  • Advising on professional negligence claims brought against real estate agents before a range of bodies, including the Real Estate Agents Authority 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.

Cyber + Data Protection

  • Aiding in the defence and mitigation of loss for insureds following cybercrime, including phishing email attacks and malware.
  • Advising on the effects of cyber insurance policies following instances of cybercrime.
  • Advising on privacy issues arising out of cybercrime.

Recoveries

  • Assisting on large scale subrogated recovery involving multi-jurisdictional issues.
  • Pursuing subrogated recovery claims for insurers and insureds, including recoveries arising out of forest fires and product damage.

Product Liability

  • Assisting on a large scale product liability claim involving multiple third parties across an international supply chain.
Areas of Expertise
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Product Liability + Recall
  • Professional Liability

Industry Representation
  • Professions + Business Services
  • Property + Real Estate
  • Construction + Infrastructure
  • Industrial + Commercial
  • Technology + Cyber

Professional Affiliations
  • New Zealand Insurance Law Association
  • Communications Officer for Wellington Young Insurance Professionals
  • Wellington Woman in Insurance