Louise specialises in insurance law, acting for insurers, insureds and self-insureds across a wide range of insurance claims and advisory work.
Louise's significant claims work includes conducting multi-party claims and providing advice on policy interpretation and coverage. She advises on and defends claims arising under directors' and officers' insurance (dishonesty, fraud, breaches of directors' duties and breaches of employment practices). This includes advising on coverage issues for either the insurer or company (or representatives of the company such as an appointed liquidator) and/or the insured director/officer.
Louise also advises on and defends professional negligence claims on behalf of many different professional groups including medical, legal, accounting and financial advisory, multi-principal practices and multi-party claims. Louise's significant claims experience also includes public liability, product liability, business interruption, fidelity and lenders mortgage insurance policies.
Louise has significant experience on a broad range of insurance advisory issues including review of complex corporate insurance programs, policy drafting and advising on issues of co-insurance, reinsurance and excess insurance.
Louise is also experienced in administrative law, having advised various government departments on aspects of legislation and conducting litigation involving prosecutions and appeals of administrative decisions.
Louise's recent experience includes defending a multi-million dollar professional negligence matter on behalf of a firm of solicitors, advising insurers on coverage issues in relation to a complex, multi-party directors and officers claim and prosecuting a large claim on behalf of a corporate insured under a fidelity policy for which the insurer denied cover. She also recently reviewed an international corporate group insurance program for consistency and coverage issues and drafted and advised on excess policy wording, as well as recently advising a government authority on insurance and indemnity clauses under interlinked, multi-party contracts and reviewing complex underlying insurance programs for compliance.