Grace works in our Insurance WA team defending personal injury claims. She has extensive experience across workers and seafarers’ compensation as well as medical negligence, providing advice and representation from claim inception through to litigated civil negligence cases. She holds both a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Science (Anatomy and Human Biology), placing her in a unique position to understand both the medical aetiology of an injury and issues of factual causation.
Clients value Grace’s analytical approach and sophisticated understanding of injury and disease, for which she is sought out to represent them in cases of complex, catastrophic injuries and fatalities. She is regularly briefed for opinions on indemnity in complicated subcontracting arrangements and is a go-to defendant practitioner in the niche seafarer’s industry, being one of only a few lawyers nationally with knowledge of the scheme and unique workforce.
Experience
Representation in State and National Tribunals and Courts -WorkCover WA, Administrative Review Tribunal and District Court of WA.
Comprehensive commercial advice, including indemnity considerations, early claim quantification and targeted resolution strategies.
Astute reputational awareness in claims of professional medical negligence.
Supports offshore shipping employers in the assessment, management and defence of Seafarers compensation matters including analysis of jurisdiction for voyages and injury cause.
Memberships and community involvement
- Law Society of WA
- Women Lawyers of Western Australia