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Caroline Tuohey

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Caroline Tuohey
Solicitor
Phone: (03) 9810 6787
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Caroline commenced her Articles in 2001 with a Blake Dawson Waldron and was admitted to practice in 2002. Her insurance litigation experience encompasses general and professional indemnity, personal injuries, public liability and transport accidents.

Caroline’s litigation experience includes:

  • Acting on behalf of a leading Medical Defence Organisation representing medical practitioners in civil litigation, disciplinary boards and coronial inquests;
  • Advising and acting on behalf of Australia’s largest insurer in relation to their portfolio of building, house and contents and motor vehicle disputes in both Victoria and NSW;
  • Acting on behalf of Victorian Government in the defence of public liability proceedings;
  • Advising the Department of Human Services in relation to amendments to FOI legislation and access to health records;
  • Acting on behalf of employers in relation to WorkSafe Occupational Health & Safety prosecutions.
During 2002 Caroline was seconded to the Consumer Law Centre of Victoria as part of the Victorian Government’s inaugural ProBono Secondment Scheme.

In 2003 Caroline relocated to the United Kingdom and commenced as an Associate with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert and gained international experience advising and acting on behalf of the National Health Service Litigation Authority in the defence of medical negligence claims made against public hospitals.

After returning to Australia Caroline commenced working in-house with the Transport Accident Commission advising and acting on behalf of the Commission in the defence of common law proceedings in the County and Supreme Courts. She also appeared before VCAT in the defence of AMA impairment disputes and reviews of the Commission’s decisions in its Major Injury division. Caroline has been a volunteer solicitor and member of the Committee of Management at the Southport Community Legal Centre since 2002 and a former legal member of the Royal Children’s Hospital Ethics Committee.

Expertise

  • Public liability
  • Professional indemnity
  • Property product liability
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Coronial inquests