Joanna Turnbull > Hall & Wilcox > Newcastle, Australia > Lawyer Profile
Hall & Wilcox Offices
Level 4
400 Hunter Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
Australia
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Joanna Turnbull
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Insurance
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Joanna is an experienced insurance lawyer, specialising in statutory classes of insurance.
Joanna has extensive experience advising and representing employers, self-insurers, NSW workers compensation managed fund scheme agents, treasury managed fund agents and the Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer (icare).
Joanna’s practice incorporates statutory and common law claims and judicial review matters. She manages matters involving both physical and psychological injuries, litigated matters and non-litigated advice work.
She regularly appears in the NSW Personal Injury Commission, District Court and Supreme Court.
Self-insurer and employer clients value Joanna’s strong understanding of the claims management process and the challenges they face in managing workers’ compensation claims. Prior to being admitted as a solicitor, Joanna worked for a large NSW workers’ compensation insurer providing her with first-hand experience in the day to day management of claims.
Joanna regularly presents seminars and provides formal and informal training to self-insurers and employers on management of workers’ compensation liability, management of workers’ compensation claims and legal developments in NSW workers’ compensation.
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