Emma Beechey

Arthur Carney

Charles Colquhoun

NIgel cotman

Nigel studied accounting at Sydney University, graduating B Ec with a major in accounting. While studying, he was working at Peat Marwick Mitchell, now KPMG, in audit and then tax and in the staff training of the annual university student intake.
In order to study Law, he commenced teaching accounting at UNSW in the Commerce Faculty and enrolled in the new Law Faculty as a part time student. He continued teaching while completing his Law degree, initially teaching only accounting and, later, accounting and commercial law.
On graduating he became the head of the Legal Studies Department of KCAE, delivering a legal studies stream in a commerce school. He completed a Masters degree in Law at Sydney University.
Nigel commenced full time practice at the Bar in 1978 with a practice that developed in Commercial, Equity and Trade Practices matters. He appeared frequently in civil and criminal cases involving significant accounting, finance or numerical evidence and analysis and the deployment and de-construction of expert accounting or other numeric evidence. He has been periodically involved in the training of accountants to be effective expert witnesses and of practicing lawyers in how to use, or challenge, accounting evidence. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 1996. In 2000-3 he was appointed an Assistant Commissioner of ICAC to enquire into and report on the collapse of the NSW Grains Board. He retired from practice in 2019.

B Ec (Syd); LLB (NSW); LLM (Hons) (Syd); Fellow, International Society of Barristers.

Richard Harvey

The Principal of Richard Harvey & Associates, a property and general practice law firm located on Sydney’s lower north shore, Richard Harvey has practiced continuously as a legal practitioner in NSW for nearly four decades.
A Councillor of The Law Society of New South Wales since 2011, Richard is a Law Society Accredited Specialist in Property Law, Chair of the Property Law Committee and The Law Society of New South Wales Specialist Accreditation Board and a committee member of The Law Society of New South Wales and REI Joint Copyright Committee.
Richard has previously served on the Law Society’s Fidelity Fund Committee, Finance Committee, Conduct Committee and Diversity Committee. He has been Secretary of The North Metropolitan Regional Law Society since 2010.
Richard graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2016 and is also a non-Executive Director of Lawcover. He also regularly writes and speaks on Property Law.

Valerie heath

Valerie is a member of Maurice Byers Chambers and has been at the NSW Bar for 26 years. Her practice is principally in insurance and related fields. She specialises in life insurance and superannuation, general insurance, administrative law, government liability and commercial disputes and has an interest in sports law and other disciplinary actions. In insurance law, Valerie has represented insureds, insurers, trustees, brokers and third party claimants in a variety of disputes ranging in value from the tens of thousands to the tens of millions of dollars and has advised and litigated on many policy types including the following: 
• broadform and public liability • CTP (NSW & interstate) • fire and accepted perils • design and product liability • professional indemnity • directors and officers liability • corporate liability and extensions • income protection • total and permanent disability • partial and temporary disability • death benefits • group life • sickness and accident (general insurance) • home building insurance • workers compensation • employers liability • travel insurance • credit insurance • run-off and other special schemes • statutory insurance

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Kerrie Lalich

Kerrie joined Lawcover in February 2013 as Chief Operations Officer with primary responsibility for leading Professional Services – Claims, Insurance Services, Underwriting and Practice Support Services. Kerrie was admitted as a solicitor in NSW in 1996 and her career has spanned several Sydney law firms. She specialised in personal injury, professional indemnity and insurance litigation. In 2001, Kerrie moved from legal practice to the insurance industry, focusing on public liability, personal injury/catastrophic claims, professional indemnity and financial lines. Her insurance career has included time with AMP/GIO, QBE and MDA National. Kerrie’s broad expertise includes leading diverse teams delivering professional indemnity, advisory and risk management education services with a key focus on successful outcomes, business rigour and client value. Kerrie was appointed Chief Executive Officer effective 7 September 2020.

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