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In 2015 and 2016, Law Mutual (WA):
polled over 2,200 insured practitioners to identify their view of priority professional liability risks and what is being done to control them
The findings show:
The findings support a risk management strategy focused on:
To implement this strategy, Law Mutual (WA) is developing risk management services with the following features:
For further details, please read the full report.
Law Mutual (WA) is continuing to see a growing number of claims and notifications in the wills, estates and probate areas. Set out below are some references that may assist practitioners as they offer these services to clients.
Preparation of wills
Probate/administration
There is a most informative article by the Hon Eric Heenan QC, a former Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, entitled 'Nature of evidence and presumptions in probate actions' that was published in the July 2016 issue of Brief.
Jodi Fear, Risk & Administration Officer
Jodi Fear, our Risk & Administration Officer, joined the Law Society and started in Law Mutual (WA) in July 2015. Jodi has been in the insurance industry for over 20 years, working in many fields including Property, ISR, Specialty Risks and online insurance products (eBusiness) – including a secondment to the Philippines. Outside of work Jodi is an avid softball player, participating at the International Masters Games as well as the Australian Masters Games for the last seven years – that is Master by age and not by ability.
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