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Rebekah Giles
Partner
Telephone: +61 2 8215 5910
Mobile: +61 4 1358 3316

Rebekah Giles

-Partner

Experience and significant reported cases

  • Acting on behalf of national sporting bodies in relation to team selection issues, appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, intellectual property disputes and other matters
  • Acting in relation to commercial disputes involving international arbitrations
  • Acting in litigation in several different countries in relation to the Lloyds of London Names litigation dealing with insurance issues, constitutional appeals and debt recovery
  • Acting on behalf of engineers, architects, accountants and solicitors in relation to professional negligence claims
  • Acting in relation to ASIC investigations involving the compulsory examination of witnesses
  • Acting on behalf of large developers and contractor in relation to claims made under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 1999 and quantum meruit claims
  • Acting in defamation actions arising from publications in newspapers and radio broadcasts
  • Acting on behalf of a well known research institute in relation to proceedings arising from the publication of its paper relating to portrayal of children in advertising

Clients

  • Construction, engineering and architecture firms
  • Insurers
  • Developers, builders and building contractors
  • Sporting associations
  • ASX 100 companies

Publications

  • Regularly authors case notes and in-house legal education and publications (The Key)

Memberships

  • The Association for Women in Insurance (secretary)
  • International Chamber of Commerce
  • Australian Insurance Law Association
  • Australian Professional Indemnity Group
  • Australia Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
  • Australasian Forum for International Arbitration