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Personal injury, compensation
and insurance barrister.

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Welcome to Arundel Chambers.

I commenced my legal practice as a general practitioner, gaining experience in many areas of the law and assisting and appearing for clients in many courts, including the Supreme Court, the District Court, the Magistrates Court, WorkCover, the Family Court and the Industrial Relations Court. I was a founding partner in the law firm Marks and Sands and was also a partner at Talbot Olivier before joining the national law firm Sparke Helmore where I was Managing Partner of their Perth office and then a Consultant for 3 years. My practice as a Barrister is a natural progression in my role of assisting clients in personal injury, insurance and compensation claims and litigation.

You can read more about my experience and acknowledgements below. To further discuss my areas of practice, fees or for general enquiries please submit a contact form, call or email me.

Experience

EXPERIENCE

Over 95% of personal injury claims are resolved without the need for a trial

I developed a specialty, and a particular interest, in personal injury, compensation and insurance litigation. It is this expertise that I offer as a barrister for clients looking for assistance from one of Western Australia’s most experienced personal injury litigators. My experience includes appearing as counsel in many personal injury trials in the District Court, assisting counsel in High Court appeals and appearing as counsel in the Court of Appeal of the W.A. Supreme Court. It also includes assisting clients and representing them in pre-trial conferences, informal settlement conferences, conciliations and mediations. Over 95% of personal injury claims are resolved without the need for a trial and negotiating settlements and resolving claims is an area I have been heavily involved in for many years. In the last year I represented ICWA in 7 complex and catastrophic injury claims which were settled for amounts ranging from about $2 million to $10 million. All of these claims were resolved after extensive settlement and pre-trial conferences.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I had the honour of being appointed one of the best personal injury litigation lawyers in Western Australia.

Australian Best Lawyer Awards, 2020.

Appointed one of the best personal injury litigation lawyers in Western Australia in the Australian Best Lawyers Awards (2020). 

 

Legal panel member of the Insurance Commission of Western Australia for many years.

 

Member of the Board of the Australian Insurance Law Association for 10 years, served on the AILA W.A. Committee and
the Convenor of the AILA national conference when it was held in Perth.

 

Presenter at seminars and conferences on topics such as Techniques in Advancing and Defending Personal Injury Claims (AILA, 2014), Personal Injury Claims-The Basics (AILA 2012), Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Litigation-the Latest Developments (AILA, 2010).   

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Contact

Get in touch

To further discuss my areas of practice, fees or for general enquiries please submit the contact form below. Alternatively, I can be reached via phone or email.

Thank you for your enquiry. I will be in contact with you soon!

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