Chambers Review
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Insurance Defence - Australia
What the Team is Known For
Meridian Lawyers is renowned for public liability matters, with particular expertise in casualty, healthcare and product liability. The team is also noted for its experience handling claims within the construction and environmental sectors. Additionally, Meridian Lawyers has noted proficiency in life insurance matters. The firm acts for both national and international insurers, including London market insurers.
Strengths
Meridian Lawyers have excellent knowledge of the law, strategy, hard work, and they are easy to work with.
Meridian Lawyers has demonstrated great capability in dealing with high-value claims where there are fraud elements or claims which are disputed and subject to court proceedings.
The team at Meridian offers a straight talking, pragmatic approach to disputes to reduce costly litigation by providing immediate responses and ongoing updates.
Work Highlights
Meridian Lawyers acted for Central Services of Sydney in a claim against a building contractor which, whilst constructing a building on an adjoining site, negligently excavated underneath the footings of, and removed support for, the clients commercial building situated in Crows Nest, Sydney.
Notable practitioners
Robert Crittenden is a proper old school lawyer who can do the full spectrum of insurance claims.
Robert is an expert and understands the needs of his client, providing technical and commercially sound advice at the highest level.