Queensland Litigation Lawyers

Litigation Legal is a specialist insurance litigation firm based in Brisbane, Queensland. We act for insurers — defending claims, controlling indemnity exposure, and resolving matters in a way that protects both scheme integrity and our clients’ bottom line.


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EARLY RISK IDENTIFICATION

We deliver actionable liability assessments and range-based quantum forecasts within the first phase of every instruction — not narrative updates that delay decisions.

INDEMNITY CONTROL

Every strategic decision — from expert engagement to settlement timing — is framed by its impact on indemnity exposure, reserve position, and scheme compliance.

INSURER ONLY FOCUS

We act exclusively for insurers across Queensland's workers' compensation, CTP, and public liability schemes. No claimant work. No divided loyalties. Ever.

Focused. Innovative. Proven

With over three decades of combined experience in defendant insurance litigation, Litigation Legal brings precision and commercial discipline to every file. We operate at the intersection of Queensland's statutory compensation schemes and insurer portfolio management — delivering advice that is sharp, defensible, and audit-ready.

Our practice spans policy coverage, public and product liability, property and business interruption, professional indemnity, workers' compensation, construction, CTP, and subrogated recovery claims. We have appeared in Queensland's Supreme, District, and Magistrates Courts, QCAT, the Federal Court, and the High Court of Australia.


Every file is a unit of portfolio risk. Every decision we make — from whether to engage an expert, to whether to run liability, to whether to escalate to mediation — is made within that frame. We do not pad files, we do not drift on strategy, and we do not provide advice that cannot withstand scrutiny and audit.


Senior partners have direct conduct of every matter. That is not a staffing preference — it is how we ensure early risk identification, disciplined quantum forecasting, and compressed claim lifecycles.


Our track record includes landmark results at the highest levels of the Australian court system, including a 4-to-1 majority victory in the High Court on insurer waiver rights and a successful $20 million fraud defence in the Queensland Supreme Court. We have defeated unmeritorious claims through disciplined investigation, identified inconsistencies that forced withdrawals before proceedings, and resolved hundreds of statutory compensation matters within defined cost parameters. Insurers do not engage us for activity — they engage us for outcomes that reduce indemnity spend and protect portfolio position.


The Litigation Legal Difference

Direct Partner Conduct

Senior partners run every file. No delegation to junior practitioners learning on your portfolio. You get experienced decision-makers from day one.

Defined File Budgets

Every matter is scoped at instruction with a clear cost estimate. Purposeful expert engagement and early resolution targeting prevent cost blowouts.

Compressed Lifescycles

We identify the optimal resolution window early and work towards it from instruction. File duration is itself a cost driver — we treat it that way.

Audit Ready Advice

Every recommendation is defensible under scheme audit. We do not compromise regulatory compliance for commercial convenience.

Practice Areas

We act for insurers across the full spectrum of Queensland's statutory compensation and insurance litigation environment. Our advice is grounded in the specific legislative frameworks that govern these schemes — the Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld), the Workers' Compensation & Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld), and their interaction with the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth). We do not default to common law generalities. Every recommendation is scheme-specific, commercially framed, and structured to support confident decision-making by claims teams.