Joanna is a partner in our Sydney Insurance (Statutory Classes) Practice Group who practises in liability law. She represents insurers, self-insurers and clients in the government and private sectors in personal injury claims involving occupier’s liability, employer’s liability and motor accidents. Joanna manages multi-party actions dealing with indemnity issues, apportionment of liability issues including labour – hire liabilities and dual insurance.
In addition, Joanna has a prominent reputation in the area of subrogated recovery actions which can involve manufacturers, aircraft owners, occupiers of premises, independent contractors and CTP insurers.
She has been named in Best Lawyers™ Australia each year since 2018 to the present. With over 30 years’ in practice, Joanna has extensive litigation and dispute resolution experience and her focus is on strong commercial outcomes which predominantly involve early resolution.
Expertise
Experience
- Employers and insurers Advising in personal injury claims.
- Clients Advising on strategies for early resolution.
- Employers and insurers Advising in relation to risk management issues in the workplace.
- Employers Advising employers in seeking statutory indemnity and contribution from liable third parties: (Avopiling v Bosevski [2018] NSWCA 146; Kabic v Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer (No 3) [2017] NSWSC 1281 and Kabic v AAI Ltd [2019] NSWCA 24.
- NSW Self Insurance Corporation Advising and successfully defending proceedings where it was determined that the Treasury Managed Fund (NSW Self Insurance Corporation) arrangement is a self-insurance scheme and not liable to meet claims for double insurance: (QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited v NSW Self Insurance Corporation [2013] NSWSC 1841]).
- State of New South Wales Advising and successfully defending proceedings involving a police pursuit leading to a fatality: (Jausnik v Nominal Defendant (No 5) [2016] ACTSC 306).
- Global logistics companies Advising and successfully defending proceedings involving issues of apportionment of liability and contribution: (Redbro Investments Pty Ltd v Ceva Logistics (Australia) Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 73).
