LL.B.(Adelaide); B. Eco; Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (SAIT).
Alex commenced her practice in Victoria at Mallesons Stephens Jacques (now King & Wood Mallesons) working on the State of Victoria's claim against the auditors of Tricontinental and the SBV. From there she worked at a number of firms, including Deacons (now Norton Rose Fulbright) with increasing focus on professional liability and insurance claims (particularly construction).
Alex practises in the commercial sphere with particular interest in professional negligence, liability, environmental and building claims. She was seconded to a financial institution and undertook asset recovery work for that institution. She is experienced in all forms of ADR, particularly mediation.
County CourtThomson v ASCC (indemnity dispute on personal injury claim).Rombotis v Kenny (successful defence professional negligence claim).Nader v Valasinivius (commercial loan dispute).Barooga Nurseries ats Toolamba and Ors (with P Murdoch QC) (Product liability)Cohen v Westbury Holdings (product liability) (with M Thompson SC).
Court of AppealGippsreal v Symonds (appeal re personal costs orders).Bach v Dometic; directors' duties and entitlements (with P Collinson SC).Alex also regularly appears at VCAT in the Building and Property, Review and Regulation, Legal Practice and Civil Claims Lists.Co-monitor of the CommBar insurance and Professional Negligence Section.Alex is the Victorian editor of the Insurance Law Bulletin, a current member and past president of the Victorian chapter of the Australian Professional Indemnity Group and a former National Committee member. Alex is a past member of the Gordon and Jackson List Committee.
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