Kristen Westcott is an experienced personal injuries litigator with a strong focus on defending government departments and statutory bodies, public and private insurers, and insured organisations and individuals.
Kristen has interests in public liability, roads litigation, the education sector, and workplace cases, across a variety of injury scenarios such as slips and trips, road accidents, bullying and harassment, silicosis, abuse cases, and defective machinery.
Kristen joined Hall & Wilcox in 2022. Her prior experience was in private practice, an in-house position managing litigation for a statutory authority, and valuable experience as a Judge’s Associate.
Experience
- General insurance;
- WorkCover insurance;
- TAC insurance;
- Client representative managing serious injury and common law litigation by a Legal Panel;
- Former co-ordinator of continuing legal education programs;
- Former secondee to a statutory authority;
- Ten years of board experience with a not-for-profit providing supported employment, including Deputy Chair and member of the executive and risk management committees;
- Judge’s Associate in a Commonwealth appeals court;
- Extensive volunteering for the Australian Boys’ Choir;
- Master of Laws from Monash University;
- Bachelor of Laws with Honours and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.
Awards and Recognition
WorkSafe Award
2019 | 15 years of service with the Legal Panel
Memberships
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Women in Insurance
- Life Member of Waverley Industries Ltd.
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