Insurance & Personal Injury

Specialities

Nick commenced with Page Seager in 1978 and was admitted to practice in 1980. He became a partner in 1988. Nick practises in the insurance litigation area with particular emphasis on workers’ compensation and industrial accident litigation, as well as practising extensively in the field of liability insurance. He appears regularly as Counsel before the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Tribunal and the Supreme Court of Tasmania. He provides advice to a broad range of insurers and employers who are self insured.

Nick regularly conducts seminars with employers and insurers in relation to changes in workers’ compensation and claims management. He edits a commentary to the industry in relation to workers compensation. His other professional area of practice is in Occupational Health & Safety with particular emphasis on advising clients in relation to compliance with statutory requirements and the defence of clients charged with offences.

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Charles has been a Partner at Page Seager since 1993. He provides advice and conducts litigation in the areas of personal injury, medical negligence, insurance, industrial prosecution, defamation and disputed commercial cases.

He appears as Counsel in all Courts of Tasmania.

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Ian’s main area of practice is personal injuries litigation, with a particular interest in workers compensation and industrial litigation. He regularly appears as Counsel before the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Tribunal and Supreme Court in relation to conferences, hearings, trials and appeals. He also practices in the area of maritime law.

Ian has extensive experience in providing advice to self-insured employers and insurers regarding such matters as general indemnity, public liability and professional indemnity.

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Mathew is recognised as one of Tasmania’s leading OHS practitioners. Mathew advises and provides advocacy for leading national and local businesses and insurers. His comprehensive understanding of his clients’ business objectives and the industry in which they operate has consistently delivered strong practically focussed outcomes in this area. Mathew has a particular expertise and understanding of Asbestos related diseases and workplace fatalities. Mathew regularly appears as Counsel before the Supreme Court of Tasmania and Victoria, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the Federal Court, in respect to both trials and appeals and has appeared as counsel in the High Court.

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David is Page Seager’s in house counsel. He was admitted as a practitioner of the Supreme Court of Tasmania and the High Court of Australia in 1986. His role is both to appear for clients of Page Seager in courts and tribunals, and to provide advice to those clients and practitioners within the firm when counsel’s advice is needed.

David is also retained directly by some clients as their counsel and regularly acts as counsel for other firms of lawyers.

More specifically David appears in and provides advice in respect to matters involving:

• The Supreme Court in both civil and criminal matters at first instance and on appeal
• The Federal Court in both at first instance and on appeal
• Tribunals including the Workers Compensation Tribunal, the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and commercial arbitrations
• Professional Disciplinary Tribunals
• Industrial Health and Safety matters including as defence counsel in prosecutions

David regularly provides advice in relation to complex commercial matters and has extensive experience in mediations both facilitated by courts and tribunals and in respect of disputes which have not yet come to court.

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Luke’s experience in workers compensation, public liability claims, coronial inquests, and medical negligence provides a strong basis for his OHS practice. He advises clients on a range of OHS issues including compliance with OHS laws, the management of major safety incidents, the management of internal safety investigations and investigations conducted by statutory authorities.

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Thomas practices in the insurance litigation area with a particular focus on workers compensation. He also practices in the areas of personal injuries, industrial accident litigation as well as in liability insurance, appearing in both the Supreme Court and Magistrates Court.

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Kate commenced employment in Page Seager’s Insurance Litigation practice group in 2011. Her work involves all areas of insurance litigation, with a particular focus on workers compensation.