David Hill - Special Counsel
Experience
- Handling claims on behalf of insurers (and also insureds or claimants) in relation to professional indemnity, directors & officers indemnity, public liability, product liability and property classes
- Acting in relation to disputes under insurance and reinsurance policies
- Litigation, mediation and other dispute resolution
- Insurance, reinsurance and insurance intermediary advice and policy interpretation
- Policy drafting
- Acting as mediator
Significant recent cases
- Distillers v Ajax (High Court)
- East End Real Estate v C E Heath (NSW Court of Appeal)
- Metrot v MMI (High Court)
- Yates v Abbott Tout (High Court)
- Hawkins v Clayton (High Court)
- Estate Mortgage litigation and mediation
- Wallis Lake Oysters litigation and mediation
- McCabe v British American Tobacco litigation (for legal firm)
- Drafting complete set of BusinessPak policies
Clients
- Insurers, reinsurers and insurance intermediaries
- Professionals, particularly solicitors’ firms
Professional
- 1961 Admitted as Barrister & Solicitor Supreme Court New Zealand
- 1962 LLM in New Zealand
- 1970 Admitted Solicitor Supreme Court New South Wales
- 1990 Qualified Mediator
Memberships
- Editorial Committee of Insurance Law Journal
- Quality Review Committee of Institute of Chartered Accountants
Office
Sydney
Telephone
+61 2 8215 5905
Practice areas
(Note: the links below will take you to the main UK site)
Insurance/reinsurance disputes
Policy wordings/front end advice
