General liability
Overview
We advise on the spectrum of general liability claims for some of Australia’s largest insurers, London market insurers, corporate entities and other insurance industry partners.
Every day, we handle all types of personal injury, property damage liability and product liability claims, ranging from the routine to the complex and catastrophic. Our expertise includes managing sensitive legacy issues, occupier’s liability travel claims, construction labour hire and contractor claims, entertainment claims, and sports and leisure claims. We are regularly engaged to advise on policy wording and amendments, as well as coverage and recovery issues.
Our extensive experience in general liability claims across a wide range of sectors enables us to deliver clear-sighted, practical advice on claim resolution and quantum, crisis management, risk management and contractual factors.
We understand the issues that commonly factor in general liability claims, such as the interplay between site owners, contractors, sub-contractors and labour hire, and the interaction of liability with other policies, including professional indemnity policies.
Our commercial approach involves rapidly assessing the claim, exposure and cost estimate, recommending clear strategies and seeking opportunities to resolve disputes fairly and quickly.
We help our clients defend:
- personal injury claims, including labour hire and contractor claims
- occupiers' liability
- strata claims
- sport and leisure injury claims
- third party property damage claims
- product liability
- allied health claims
- institutional abuse and sensitive legacy claims, and
- dust diseases claims.
