Professional Liability – Construction

• Acting for engineers (structural, fire and geotechnical) and other construction professionals in construction defect claims, including acting as lead counsel in several multi-party multi-million dollar High Court proceedings, involving large property developments across New Zealand.

General Liability + Property Damage (Third Party)

• Representing insureds to defend contentious general liability and property damage claims across a range of sectors, including the construction sector, agriculture sector, manufacturing and consumer goods and food and beverages sectors.
• Acting for insureds in Commerce Commission Fair Trading Act investigations and prosecutions.
• Providing coverage advice to insurers, including on statutory liability prosecutions.

Product Liability + Recall

• Acting as coverage counsel for insurers in complex product liability and product recall claims, including acting as coverage counsel in a > $100 million global product recall claim in the food and beverage sector and providing coverage and liability advice in relation to wine and beer product recalls.
• Acting for insureds to defend product liability claims across a wide range of sectors, including settling a product liability claim regarding an electricity rotor and representing an Insured in relation to a statutory liability prosecution by a consumer watchdog regarding a product recall of a widely used building product.
• Advising an insured in a global product recall of a defective telecommunication product.

Healthcare, Life Sciences + Life Insurance

• Acting for healthcare practitioners in Health and Disability Commissioner complaints, coronial inquiries, Professional Conduct Committee investigations and disciplinary proceedings.
• Acting for healthcare professionals and aged care providers in Human Rights Tribunal and civil proceedings.
• Advising and acting for life insurers on fraudulent claims, policy interpretation disputes and complaints and assisting life insurers with policy wording reviews and claims and regulatory advice.