An expert in his field, Brett was admitted to practice in 1997, and since that time has focussed purely on insurance law, acting on behalf of insurers, brokers and self insured organisations. Brett has been a Partner since the early 2000s,  and has p...
Claire joined HBA in 2012 with a background in commercial law as well as contracts and procurement. Claire advises self-insured licensees and third party claims managers, often involved at the pre-litigation stage and when matters proceed to the Admi...
Kim has over 15 years’ experience in litigation, joining HBA in mid-2019 after over 12 years with Ashurst (formerly Blake Dawson). Over her career, she has been seconded into the legal team at one of Australia’s largest supermarkets no less than four...
An insurance law specialist since admission in 2006, Natasha is also a personal injury expert having achieved her Accredited Specialist (Personal Injury Law) qualification through the Law Society of New South Wales in 2014. Natasha joined HBA in earl...
Claudia Maclean is the Principal Solicitor at the Women's Legal Centre ACT, a specialist legal service based in Canberra providing legal and non-legal support to Canberra's most vulnerable women. Since 2008, Claudia has worked mostly in family law....
Sarim is a Senior Associate at our Parramatta office and boasts a strong background and extensive knowledge of matters relating to personal injury and specifically workers compensation, work injury damages, common law, total permanent and disablement...
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In the industry for over 25 years, Ruth has practiced almost exclusively in defendant based insurance litigation since 1992. She joined HBA in January 2015 from a career covering practice at Clayton Utz, Downings Legal, and Crisp Civitella Slater, ac...
Dr Andrew Lu OAM has substantial experience representing the insurance industry, health practitioners, and Government. Before joining HBA Legal as a partner in 2018, Andrew was a partner of another respected Australian insurance law firm. He leads HB...
Hamish Appleyard is a solicitor practising in commercial law, with a particular focus on building and construction law, general commercial litigation and dispute resolution.Â
Richard holds a Bachelor of Justice (Investigation and Policing) and a Bachelor of Law from the Queensland University of Technology, a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice. He is recognised as a Legal Practitioner by the Supreme Court and High Court of...