Jonathan Newby

Overview

He is well known for his skill at resolving professional indemnity, construction and financial services claims. Jonathan has also been instrumental in the foundation of the Global Access alliance.

Since the start of his career, Jonathan directed his attention towards the construction and financial services industries. He enjoys the challenge of mastering the intricacies of the professions within these specialist disciplines.

Jonathan runs a leading practice in construction and infrastructure disputes, acting for contractors and design professionals and managing claims under project and annual insurance policies. He acts for insurers in the defence of professional service providers and firms on contentious insurance coverage disputes and large scale and contentious directors and officers matters.

Jonathan is regularly retained by leading construction professional indemnity insurers for defence and coverage and monitoring instructions. In recent times, he has been at the forefront of legal actions arising from the cladding crisis.

A go-to lawyer on large scale claims, Jonathan's practice extends to coverage and defence of shareholder class actions and he has been deeply involved in some of the most substantial litigation in that space in recent years.

Jonathan has been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia as a leading Professional Malpractice Litigation Lawyer and in Doyle's Guide as a recommended Professional Indemnity Lawyer in New South Wales. He was also recognised in ExpertGuides for Insurance and Reinsurance in 2020.

Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to practice in 2003 following working for two years in a risk management role after graduation.