Gilchrist Connell
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Gilchrist Connell is highly adept at acting for major domestic and international insurers across a wide range of general insurance claims, including representation in significant class actions. The team has particular experience in handling duty of care breaches and criminal inquests. Leadership is shared between Adelaide-based managing principal Richard Wood and John Edmond, who oversee the national practice. Dan Robinson and Katherine Czoch are also central to the group, contributing expertise across contentious insurance disputes and advisory work for insurer clients.
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Testimonials
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- 'Gilchrist Connell provides robust advice that is very focused on their speciality, which is the insurance industry.'
- 'They are extremely good litigators, providing clear, reliable advice and excellent litigation strategy. The advice is commercial, accurate and strategic.'
Key clients
- Chubb Insurance
- Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London Subscribing to Policy Number ATCSI00100
Work highlights
Advising a global insurer on a high-profile shareholder class action in the Federal Court of Australia arising from four fatalities at an iconic Australian theme park, Dreamworld, in 2016, and its subsequent workplace health and safety prosecution.