Construction + Contract Works

• Advising the local and overseas underwriters of the Contract Works and Material Damage Policy covering the construction of one of Australia’s longest natural gas pipelines.
• Advising local and overseas insurers subscribing to a Contract Works and Material Damage Policy on a series of claims arising from the design and construction of the $16 billion Westconnex project.
• Advising local and London based insurers subscribing to a Contract Works and Delay in Start-up Policy on a large claim arising from the construction of a high-end residential development in Circular Quay.

Industrial Special Risks

• Advising a large market of international insurers subscribing to a bespoke ISR Policy in relation to the shutdown of a mine after the failure of certain critical processing equipment.
• Advising an American based ISR insurer in relation to coverage for losses arising from shutdown of a subsea power cable.
• Advising a local institutional insurer in relation to various policy coverage issues and assisting it in crisis management following various natural catastrophes including Cyclone Debbie, the 2019/2020 bushfires in NSW and VIC, and extensive flooding on the south coast of NSW following an extreme wet weather event in February 2020.
• Advising Lloyd’s syndicates in London and Singapore in relation to policy coverage issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of various government responses to arrest the spread of COVID-19.

Subrogated Recoveries

• Acting for an insurer in a successful multi-million subrogation action against a design and construction contractor and head design consultant, recovering 100% of the claim paid.
• Successfully recovered more than $4 million for an insurer against a design and construction contractor and demolition contractor following a fire in a shopping centre.
• Acting for an insurer and its insured in a successful multi-million dollar recovery for damage caused to a high-end residential apartment complex in Queensland caused by dust from a neighbouring excavation settling on the insured building and discolouring the facade and other external fixtures and finishes.

Construction PI

• Acting for the Lloyd’s-based insurer of a building consultant who was sued for more than $3.6 million for negligence and breach of contract.
• Successfully defending the Eighth Respondent (project manager) in the Lacrosse fire litigation.
• Defending one of the respondents in the funded class action concerning the importation and distribution of Alucobond branded aluminium composite panels.