Alistair advises clients on a wide range of legal issues. He has extensive experience in litigation, particularly involving general corporate and commercial disputes, insurance, building and construction projects, property and strata title issues, intellectual property, defamation and competition and consumer law matters. In addition, Alistair assists clients in regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings and has a detailed understanding of ASIC, ACCC and other regulatory processes.
Alistair also provides general competition and consumer law advice and has set up, maintained and advised on compliance programs.
Alistair has been named in the current edition of Best Lawyers™ Australia for Insurance Law; Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Professional Malpractice Litigation; and Construction/Infrastructure Law.
Expertise
Experience
- Allianz Successfully appealed against orders requiring it to indemnify the operator of a school in regard to multiple historical student abuse claims – Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) [2025] FCAFC 8.
- Major reinsurer Advised on the settlement of a multi-national dispute regarding the reinsurer’s obligations to indemnify reinsureds in relation to the settlement of a personal injury class action outside Australia.
- State government-owned corporation Assisting in the defence of NSW Supreme Court Proceedings alleging unconscionable conduct in commercial dealings.
- Defendant Acting in the successful opposition to attempts to register and enforce a judgment entered in the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts and the subsequent setting aside of that judgment in Dubai.
- Insurer Advising in the defence and settlement of Supreme Court proceedings commenced by the former employer of an orthodontist which alleged that it had suffered substantial damages as a result of the orthodontist’s negligent treatment of hundreds of patients.
- owners of a substantial residence Acting in Supreme Court proceedings for the owners of a substantial residence which is displaying extensive cracking in a claim against the engineers who designed the slab on which the house has been built.
