Moray & Agnew handles disputes across Australia, with experience in test cases and multi-party disputes for clients in industries spanning from mining to manufacturing to property. In Sydney, Baron Alder and Stephanie Bainat are skilled in acting for professionals in contentious proceedings, with Alder acting in commercial disputes and defamation claims and Bainat regularly advising clients in the insurance sector. Mark Brothers, Daniel Coloe and Ian Denham are key names from the firm.
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Testimonials
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‘Insurance focus with some excellent individual operators.’
‘Access, responsiveness, depth of knowledge and technical ability but practical approach.’
‘We found Moray & Agnew as a team to be very approachable, strategic in their thinking and a nice firm to work with.’
‘The individuals that we work with have a good attention to detail, are knowledgeable within their field of expertise and take their cases seriously.'
Key clients
- Quantum Telematics Pty Ltd
- Liberty Specialty Markets
- VMIA
- Arch Underwriting at Lloyd’s Limited on behalf of Syndicate 2012 and Dual Australia Pty Ltd
- Sun Capital
- Gold Dealers Exchange Pty Ltd t/as Melbourne Gold
- City of Sydney
- City of Newcastle
- Camden Council
- Liverpool City Council
Work highlights
- Advised Quantum Telematics on a copyright claim in the Federal Court against former employees and the client's former business partners.
- Advised a Chinese individual, as the subject of a claim that relates to casino junkets organised by him for various casinos in Macau and gambling credits.
- Defending a large regional NSW Council in complex and long-running proceedings brought by United Petroleum in relation to the destruction of a tourist attraction by fire in 2018.
Lawyers
Practice head
Ian Denham; Phil Keays; Richard Midgley; Patrick Kaluski; Megan Palmer; Sarah Hammond
Other key lawyers
Stephanie Bainat; Baron Alder; Mark Brothers; Daniel Coloe; Ian Denham