Connect with mePetra is an experienced professional indemnity and health lawyer with broad professional experience, including working in a professional risks team at a national insurer, as a senior researcher to judges across the commercial division of the County Court of Victoria, and has senior policy experience at the Department of Justice and Community Safety addressing law reform across the Victorian justice system.
Petra has advised major national and international insurers on litigated and non-litigated claims against professionals, with a particular focus on representing individuals in the healthcare sector including psychologists, optometrists and allied health professionals.
She advises individual professionals and employers in workplace disputes and investigations, including unfair dismissal, general protections applications, and occupational health and safety prosecutions.
Petra also frequently provides insurers with coverage and monitoring advice on complex insurance issues arising from financial lines claims, including D&O and class actions.
- Assisting a major aged care provider respond to the Royal Commission into Aged Care.
- Acting for health professionals in response to AHPRA investigations.
- Acting for health professionals in claims alleging medical negligence, including:
- claims arising from alleged delayed diagnosis
- claims regarding cosmetic surgery
- claims arising from alleged surgical error, and
- acting in multi-plaintiff and multi-defendant claims involving complex settlement negotiations.
- Advising health professionals on a range of employment law issues, including those arising from service agreements between medical practices and general practitioners.
- Acting for employers in response to WorkSafe investigations and prosecutions.
- Advising insurers in respect of major class action proceedings involving the sale of add-on insurance.
- Providing coverage advice to clients on a wide range of financial lines products.
- Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Management Liability
- Professional Liability
- Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination
- Unfair Dismissals and General Protections Claims
- Work Health and Safety
- Workplace Investigations
- Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Professions and Business Services
- Public Sector and Education
- Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)