We combine legal expertise with industry knowledge to support commercial outcomes for our clients.

Madelaine August

    Madelaine has significant expertise across all aspects of workplace and industrial law, including workers compensation, employment issues, industrial relations and occupational health and safety.

    James Collier

      James is Australia’s most experienced Domestic Building Insurance (DBI) lawyer, having focussed on DBI legal issues for over 25 years. He manages the largest DBI legal team in Australia providing cons ...

      Derek Collins

        Derek is a senior lawyer practising across multiple areas for insurance organisations and state and local government agencies.

        Nick Duggal

          Nick leads our national Workplace practice. He has an excellent understanding of time and cost pressures facing employers, insurers and government.

          Vidal Hockless

            Vidal is a damages litigation lawyer with extensive experience in workers’ compensation/employers’ indemnity, coverage and contractual indemnity issues, public and products liability, CTP insurance cl ...

            Phil Keays

              Phil is the Managing Partner of the firm’s Perth office. He has extensive experience in insurance litigation, especially in the areas of professional indemnity, product liability and public liability.

              Fabienne Loncar

                Fabienne specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution in the areas of building defects and flammable cladding claims, strata law and domestic building insurance.

                Ben Mason

                  Ben specialises in Government and Administrative Law / Public Law. He advises government clients in relation to a range of policy, regulatory, legislation and litigation matters.

                  Lara Mynott

                    Lara is an experienced insurance litigator and acts for all types of professionals, non-professionals and organisations.

                    Emma Reilly

                      Emma acts in defence of professional indemnity and personal injury insurance claims and for employers and Government in workplace and industrial law matters.

                      Lauren Smith

                        Lauren is an experienced insurance litigator who has worked across numerous business lines in various jurisdictions, although she primarily practices in the ACT.

                        Adam Stevens

                          Adam specialises in medical negligence litigation with extensive experience and expertise in defending medical practitioners and health service providers in the Victorian medical negligence jurisdicti ...

                          Jonathan Sumskas

                            Jonathan specialises in insurance and construction litigation, with a particular focus on builders warranty and professional indemnity claims.

                            Rosemary Waldron-Hartfield

                              Rosemary specialises in commonwealth compensation, merits review, public liability and industrial disease claims.

                              Duncan Webber

                                Duncan leads our Canberra property team bringing over 12 years’ experience advising private sector and government clients across Australia on all aspects of property law

                                Howard Obst

                                  Howard is one of Victoria’s most experienced litigators, with more than four decades of legal experience.