Andrew Bridges-Webb

Special Counsel

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Andrew has 20 years of experience working as a solicitor for major insurance companies.

Andrew's specialist experience has been in insurance litigation, principally in the areas of professional indemnity, medical negligence, public liability and worker's compensation. Andrew has extensive experience in the insurance industry, having practised in most jurisdictions including the High Court, NSW Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and District Court. Andrew has also appeared in the Administrative Decisions Tribunal and Coroner's Court.

For the past 10 years, Andrew has principally acted in major Supreme Court matters defending catastrophic injury claims. His extensive professional experience enables him to provide quality, focused, pragmatic and cost-effective legal services. He is attuned to clients' needs and expectations, and is committed to appropriate and early resolution of claims.

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Hurdles that must be overcome by motor accident insurers in establishing contributory negligence

Case Note – Zaya v Damirdjian Judgment date: 11 October 2022 Citation: Zaya v Damirdjian [2022] NSWCA 203 Jurisdiction: Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of NSW Before: Bell CJ, Gleeson JA and Griffiths AJA Principles Expert evidence has a limited role to play in resolving liability issues in motor accident claims and will carry little […]

Published by Raissa Galang
26 October, 2022
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It is not part of a medical assessor’s function to determine the scope of a motor accident

A claimant suffers psychological injury when he is threatened by a would be thief of his motor bike. Whether the medical assessor was justified in concluding that this was not a motor accident was answered by the Supreme Court in Bell v Allianz Insurance Australia Ltd. Judgment date: 18 August 2022 Citation: Bell v Allianz […]

Published by McCabes News
8 September, 2022

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