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Veronica Chapman - Partner

Experience

  • Dispute resolution (both litigated and unlitigated) of all manner and types of professional indemnity disputes for a broad range of professionals, including accountants, auditors, health professionals, construction industry professionals and finance industry professionals. 
  • Advice on coverage issues arising from most types of polices, particularly professional indemnity and directors & officers policies (including securities claims, prospectus liability, entity coverage).
  • Dispute resolution (both unlitigated and litigated) of public liability and property damage disputes, including disputes arising from construction risk and industrial special risk policies.
  • Acting as monitoring counsel for primary and excess layer directors and officers/entity insurers in class actions.

Significant reported cases

  • Royal & Sun Alliance v Baycorp
  • Bonett v Barron & Dowling
  • Kenny & Good v MGICA

Clients

  • Insurers
  • Claims handlers
  • Construction Industry Professionals
  • Brokers

Professional

  • 1986 Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, High Court of Australia

  • 1992 Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria

Memberships

  • AILA
  • Law Society of New South Wales

 

Office

Sydney

Telephone

+61 2 8215 5906

Email

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Practice areas

(Note: the links below will take you to the main UK site)

Financial Lines - Professional indemnity

Directors & officers

General insurance advice coverage advice and disputes

Property Damage (including industrial special risks)