Rhett Kennedy leads the practice at Barry.Nilsson. and is a top Queensland-based insurance litigator specialising in professional indemnity, financial lines, public and product liability claims. In Perth, Toby Barrie regularly defends professional negligence claims against insureds in a wide range of professions, and also handles directors’ and officers’ liability and management liability matters. Simon Black takes on directors’ and officers’ liability claims arising out of royal commissions, ASIC and ACCC investigations, prosecutions and securities class actions.
Testimonials
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‘Strong technical skills and highly commercial approach to resolving matters. ’
‘Excellent service, always professional, pleasure to deal with, very thorough - can recommend them without any reservation.’
Key clients
- AAI Limited (Suncorp Group and related brands)
- AIG Limited
Work highlights
- Acting for Asplundh, a vegetation management company, in A$60m liability and cross-claim proceedings commenced by nearly 400 plaintiffs concerning the Tathra Bush Fires in March 2018.
- Acting as coverage counsel in relation to approximately 45 significant immigration detention centre claims for mental harm and trauma caused by detention at various facilities in Australia, including Woomera and Curtin.