Brian is a Partner in our Sydney Liability Team.

Brian predominantly practices in insurance law. He has experience in common law, public and product liability, construction and engineering liability and institutional abuse. He has been involved in hundreds of litigated claims, many of which are reported decisions.

Experience & expertise

Brian’s practice spans injury and non-injury claims including general insurance, public and product liability and professional indemnity.

He is a peer recognised expert and industry leader. He has appeared in numerous parliamentary and public inquiries and provided expert testimony before both the NSW and Australian Parliaments. He has been retained to provide expert opinions in professional negligence claims. He has been appointed to numerous advisory committees for courts, tribunals and representative bodies in the past 25 years.

He acts Commonwealth and State Governments and for major domestic and international insurers in numerous matters including litigation in NSW, ACT, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia.

Professional background

Ranked in the peer-reviewed Best Lawyers® in Australia
Public & Product Liability since 2025
Ranked by Doyle’s Guide NSW
Recommended as Leading and Preeminent Lawyer in Public & Product Liability since 2020

Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
1999

Law Society of New South Wales