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Insurance Defence - Australia
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Band 4
What the team is known for

Gilchrist Connell is an accomplished insurance firm assisting insurers with a broad range of contentious issues, including financial lines, professional indemnity, public liability, casualty and construction-related claims. The firm also operates on life insurance, subrogated recovery and policy coverage matters. Gilchrist Connell has a broad geographical spread with offices situated in every mainland state in Australia, complemented by recent new hires and augmented by membership of the international Harmonie Group of risk industry-focused law firms. Its key clients include Ventia Australia.

Strengths

"They are great, very consistent and prompt - they put everything to the side to attend to our urgent matters. Very knowledgeable, quite technical, with very strong financial lines skill sets."

"They are technically sound and very cost-effective legal managers."

Work highlights

Gilchrist Connell advised a managing agent in relation to the defence of a dependency claim heard in the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Notable practitioners

Managing principal Richard Wood is a key contact.