Holman Webb Lawyers is proud to relay that the firm has been listed as a finalist in two categories in the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2021:

• Law Firm of the Year
• Insurance Team of the Year

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Holman Webb is delighted to announce our second Insurance Webinar of 2021, hosted by the firm's General Insurance Team and presented by Partner Peter Bennett and Associate Linda Huynh.

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Holman Webb is pleased to announce that Partner and Insurance Group National Team Leader John Van de Poll has been listed as a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards 2021 - Insurance Partner of the Year category!

This finalist position follows John's Insurance Partner of the Year wins in both 2016 and 2019.

Holman Webb Lawyers is pleased to announce that we have been listed as an Excellence Awardee in the Australasian Law Awards 2021 – Insurance Specialist Firm of the Year category!

Holman Webb Lawyers is proud to announce that we have been listed as a 5-Star Excellence Awardee in the recently released ‘5-Star Insurance Law Firms and Lawyers 2021’ list, compiled by Australasian Lawyer and Insurance Business Australia.

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This case note discusses the 8 April 2021 decision of Shoveller v Dak-Wal Constructions Pty Ltd (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 352, in which a 76-year-old retiree fell from a 3m high walkway while visiting a holiday home in Kilcare NSW.

In the NSW Court of Appeal decision of Woodhouse v Fitzgerald [2021] NSWCA 54 given on 9 April 2021, the Court addressed whether the Proportionate Liability provisions of the NSW Civil Liability Act were engaged in circumstances where the alleged concurrent wrongdoers had a statutory immunity from suit.

Holman Webb is pleased to announce that five lawyers have been included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia.

What would your initial reaction be if a kangaroo suddenly appeared before you while driving? 

Surely any loss of control and subsequent crash would be the kangaroo's fault, right? 

Guess again!

Recently, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority backed insurers in three separate vehicle claims lodged by customers claiming the appearance of a kangaroo had resulted in them crashing their vehicles.

In the decision of Mason v Cashel Financial Services Pty Limited [2021] NSWSC 201 delivered on 9 March 2021, the Supreme Court of NSW confirmed that an indemnity in a contract between an AFSL holder and its authorised representative, entitled the AFSL to recover an insurance excess and deductible incurred to settle a claim brought by a third-party investor arising from the conduct of the representative.

The decision makes clear what has been known for a long time: that a properly drafted indemnity gives a clear right to license holders to recover far reaching losses arising from the negligence and omissions of authorised representatives.