Insurance
Our insurance and personal injury practice group has extensive experience in personal injury and insurance related advice, dispute resolution and litigation. We regularly provide legal advice and service to statutory bodies, insurance companies, insured parties and victims in personal injury matters.
SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE:
- Advice on insurance law and practice:
- interpretation of terms and conditions in various types of insurance policies including Employees' Compensation Insurance Policy, Motor Vehicle Insurance Policy, Contractors' All Risks Insurance Policy, Public Liability Insurance Policy, etc.
- indemnity provided under the insurance policies and extent thereof
- recovery of claim and costs payment from tortfeasors
- Acting as mediators in mediation of personal injury claims
- Acting as advocates in mediation of personal injury claims
- Representing insurers in personal injury and insurance related litigation
- Representing insured parties in litigation in defending the claim or alternatively, in settling the claim on terms favourable to clients
- Representing insurers and insured parties in professional and medical negligence claims
- Representing victims or claimants in employees' compensation proceedings and personal injury litigation for claims arising from different types of accident including disaster cases
- Advising statutory bodies on applications from uninsured workers for assistance payment from statutory funds
- Representing statutory bodies on litigation including joining in the proceedings to contest suspicious claims, particularly in cases where the alleged employers are not legally represented or in default of proceedings
- Advising statutory bodies on aspects of carrying out their statutory functions and acting for statutory bodies in litigation