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LUCINDA LYONS

Admission date

Professional experience

Since Lucinda's admission in 1994 she has worked extensively across major lines of insurance including public and products liability, (personal injury and property), professional indemnity, accident and health and statutory classes.

Lucinda's experience extends to providing advice as to coverage, strategic and commercial advice and litigation. Some recent examples of Lucinda's experience include:

Professional Indemnity

• Acting on behalf of the professional indemnity insurer of the Body Corporate in substantive Supreme Court litigation concerning allegations of a failure to administer its obligations.
• Acting on behalf of an insurer in multi party litigation arising out of a fatality on a construction site with mixed issues concerning professional indemnity/public liability.
• Acting for the professional indemnity insurer for an accountant with a connection with allegedly negligent advice to the trustee of a superannuation fund.
• Advising a London based mortgage indemnity underwriter in relation to claims arising out of a major collapse of a financial services company.

Liability including hospitality, construction and global manufacturing companies

• Advising a liability insurer of a security company on coverage in Supreme Court litigation arising out of the destruction of a public school.
• Advising and acting for a liability insurer of an occupier of a community centre providing martial arts instruction which will be a test case on the meaning of dangerous recreational activity.
• Acting for the E&O insurer concerning a substantial TPA claim against the holding company of a major global distribution agent.
• Acting on behalf of an insurer of a 5 star international hotel chain arising out of a food poisoning claim.
• Assisting underwriters and religious institutions in responding to allegations of discrimination, abuse and discipline.

Lucinda has extensive experience in Life, accident and health, with a strong track record of assisting insurers with coverage, claim handling and litigation

• Lucinda has extensive experience in this field.
• Acting on behalf of an A&H insurer in litigation concerning coverage issues arising out of deliberate self harm consequent upon an overdose of over the counter pain killers.
• Advising the A&H insurer of a mining scheme on coverage issues concerning a claim for lump sum benefits in circumstances where there was a break in the chain of causation.
• Acting on behalf of excess insurers as the monitoring counsel in catastrophic claims
• Advising and monitoring litigation for an excess insurer of the Local Government Scheme in a claim arising out of the death of an infant in a home day care centre.
• Advising and monitoring on behalf of an excess insurer in a claim arising out of substantial injuries sustained at a utility site.

Professional and other relevant memberships

• Women in Insurance Association of NSW.
• Women Lawyers Association NSW.
• Education Committee of the Australian Insurance Law Association.
• Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law.
• Law Society of NSW.