Vahini is an experience insurance litigator, acting for a diverse range of insurers and insured across complex and high-value disputes. She advises on professional indemnity, construction, property damage and casualty claims, as well as indemnity and dual insurance disputes, professional disciplinary matters, regulatory investigations, commercial disputes, subrogated recoveries, inquests, and renewable energy and infrastructure matters.
Clients value Vahini for her strategic approach to complex litigation and her ability to manage technically challenging matters across multiple jurisdictions. She has acted for builders, sub-contractors, architects, engineers, and other construction-related entities. Vahini has also represented a wide range of corporations and professionals, including those in healthcare, financial services, property, real estate, public sector clients, hospitals, and community organisations.
Vahini brings valuable international experience, having completed a Master of Laws in England and practiced as a corporate lawyer in the UK. She played a senior role in representing Rydon Construction in the Grenfell Tower inquiry, broadening her expertise in complex, high-profile litigation.
Experience
- Advises on professional indemnity matters across the construction industry, acting for architects and engineers in various sub-specialties.
- Acts in complex construction, cladding, infrastructure and strata disputes.
- Represents health professionals in disciplinary proceedings and medical negligence claims, including, among others, claims against doctors for negligent bariatric surgery, ear nose and throat surgery, eye surgery, hysterectomy, removal of basal cell carcinomas, and plastic surgery.
- Acts for public liability insurers in defending personal injury claims on behalf of insureds across a broad range of industries, including residential landlords, retail shop owners, construction companies, formwork companies, owners’ corporations, workers’ unions, commercial landlords, shopping centres, farmers, infrastructure maintenance companies, building maintenance companies, religious institutions and hotels.
- Advises on employment practices liability matters in collaboration with our Employment team, considering indemnity issues, responses to brokers and insureds and the best strategy to employ in order to achieve the optimal outcome.
- Acts in complex insurance recovery matters involving property damage to both residential and commercial premises, large infrastructure failures, damage to renewable energy infrastructure, mine disasters, damage at recycling plants, storm damage to solar panels, fire damage to shopping centres, fire damage to educational institutions, loss of cattle during agistment, heavy motor, marine, retail and home insurance claims.
- Business interruption claims for large supermarket chains, an automotive business chain, law firms, restaurants, childcare centres and professional services companies – among others.
- Played a senior role in representing Rydon Construction in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry in London, including product liability issues relating to the manufacturers of materials used on the Grenfell Tower.
Memberships
- AILA