Wotton + Kearney
Client SatisfactionWotton + Kearney‘s class actions team has been involved in numerous class actions and insurance disputes, providing insurers with advice and monitoring class actions brought against blue-chip companies, statutory agencies and corporate agencies. The team has seen significant growth, with the hires of eight lawyers from Corrs Chambers Westgarth, led by Richard Leder and Georgie Austin, as well as the head of class actions Amanda Beattie who brings experience from King & Wood Mallesons in Sydney and Hong Kong.
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Key clients
- AIG
- Chubb
- Liberty Specialty Markets
- Halifax Vogel Group
Work highlights
- Representing 68 of the 89 franchisees that owned and operated KFC restaurants around Australia since December 2017 and have been joined to the KFC class action which is being run in the Federal Court of Australia, Victorian registry.
- Representing Halifax Vogel Group in class action proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia related to the manufacture and distribution of combustible cladding.
- Acting for liability insurers of the AFL in a first-of-its-kind in Australia class action filed by former and current players seeking damages arising from concussions occurring from 1985.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Amanda Beattie