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Raylee Hartwell - Partner

Experience

  • Acting for an engineering company in relation to significant claims for property damage and personal injury arising from the collapse of a cofferdam and the defence of the associated WorkCover prosecution
  • Acting for architects/design managers in relation to significant claims arising from a gas explosion and the defence of the associated WorkCover prosecution
  • Acting for various private hospitals in relation to catastrophic medical negligence claims including claims relating to birth asphyxia causing cerebral palsy, misdiagnosis of cancer and infection, surgical errors and hypoxic brain injury whilst undergoing anaesthetic
  • Advising Lloyd’s Syndicates in relation to policy response

Significant reported cases

  • National Vulcan v Transfield
  • Cotie v Dr Wendy Cox & Anor

Clients

  • Insurers, reinsurers and insurance intermediaries
  • Various professionals, including accountants, architects, engineers, lawyers, merchant bankers and valuers
  • Private and co-located public hospitals
  • Various healthcare providers including medical practitioners, nurses, pathologists, physiotherapists, radiographers and radiologists

Professional

  • 1992 Qualified in New South Wales

Publications

  • Presents regularly at conferences on a range of dispute resolution, insurance and risk management topics.  Recent presentations include expert evidence, insurance issues for the construction industry, the duty of medical practitioners to warn and issues arising from catastrophic claims in insurance

Memberships

  • AILA
  • Women in Insurance
Raylee Hartwell

Office

Sydney

Telephone

+61 2 8215 5909

Email

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Practice areas

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Insurance

Litigation

Medical negligence