Connect with meSam’s focus is on personal injury, property damage, product liability, and property and energy, with a particular interest in understanding and advising on coverage issues and the application of contractual indemnities.
Sam is involved in representing London underwriters and Australian insureds in claims arising out of mining incidents, construction/building sites, premises undergoing refurbishment and major maintenance where property damage, personal injury, business interruption and consequential financial loss have been suffered.
Sam has appeared in the District Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in New South Wales, independent of counsel. She previously held the position of Secretary for the Association for Women in Insurance for 7 years.
- Representing a principal who sought indemnity from a contractor’s insurer relying upon a contractual requirement to insure. The principal was successful, and the Court of Appeal distinguished the leading case of Erect Safe Scaffolds.
- Defending a company who supplied generator sets not fit for purpose at a data station and obtaining a 100% contribution from a German supplier for misleading and deceptive conduct. This was then upheld in the Court of Appeal.
- Acting for the insurer of a Club whose employee activated an electronic awning, causing a ladder to fall and a contractor to sustain injuries.
- Defending a mining company who was reclaiming high tension cables, which dropped and seriously injured a subcontractor.
- Acting in major property damage / business interruption claims arising from a fire in a turbine at a wind farm in South Australia.
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability + Recall
- Property Damage (Third Party)
- Construction + Infrastructure
- Energy, Mining + Power
- Law Society of New South Wales
- NSW Claims Discussion Group
- Women in Insurance