Kate Blue

Special Counsel

About

Kate is an insurance specialist lawyer who is well known for her in-depth knowledge and experience.

Kate's focus is on reaching the quickest settlement and most effective outcome in each case. In order to achieve this, Kate utilises her strong communication skills in order to facilitate open and transparent conversations that pave the way for swift resolutions. Her calm demeanour puts her clients at ease and gives them the confidence that Kate will successfully negotiate a commercial settlement.

Kate's wide variety of clients has meant she has handled claims in most jurisdictions. Irrespective of the jurisdiction, Kate's focus is on forming trusted relationships with her clients and incorporating the firm values in everything she does.

Kate is a member of the NSW Women Lawyers Association and a member of the Education Committee of the Australian Insurance Law Association.

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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
Insurance

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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