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Caroline Knight

Partner

Adelaide

Caroline is an accomplished litigation lawyer with extensive experience across South Australia and Queensland, specialising in insurance litigation with a focus on dust diseases and high-value, complex, personal injury claims.

Her legal practice is enhanced by a deep understanding of medical complexities, underpinned by a previous career as a registered nurse in the NSW and SA public health systems – experience that continues to inform her discernment of intricate medical information in litigation.

  • +61 8 8330 2952

Memberships, Accreditation and Activities

  • Bachelor of Arts (Research), Honours Class 1, University of New South Wales – 1990
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Adelaide – 1994
  • Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice, University of South Australia – 1995
  • Member of Australian Insurance Law Association
  • Member South Australian Employment Tribunal Dust Diseases Stakeholder Group.

Caroline’s expertise is nationally recognised:

    • Doyle’s Guide – Preeminant Lawyer in Dust Diseases (Defendant), consistently ranked since 2017
    • Best Lawyers Australia – recognised in Insurance Law, Occupational Health and Safety Law and Personal Injury Litigation since 2017.

Expertise

Caroline’s expertise includes:

  • Matters involving complex, legal, factual and scientific issues such as foreseeability and causation
  • Liability issues
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Acting in mediations and trials in Courts at all levels
  • Conducting Australian cases at trial and appellate levels.

Recent Matters

  • Abel v Amaca Pty Ltd (Under NSW Administered Winding Up (Formerly James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd) (2010) – the first decision in South Australia to consider exemplary damages under the Dust Diseases Act, 2005 (SA)
  • Hillman v Ferro Con (SA) Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) and Anor [2013] SAIRC 22 – acting for the insurer in a workplace health and safety prosecution following the death of a rigour during construction of Adelaide’s D salination plant. The case provided commentary on the role of insurance workplace health and safety penalties.
  • Pfeiffer v Amaca Pty Ltd (Under NSW Administered Winding Up & Ors [2016] SADC 101; Amaca Pty Ltd (under New South Wales administered winding up) (ACN 000 035 513) v Pfeiffer (2017) 129 SASR 258 – relative culpability and contribution between tortfeasers.
  • Amaca Pty limited v Latz; Latz v Amaca Pty Limited (2018) HCA 22 – whether the loss of an expectation of receiving a superannuation pension and the age pension is a compensable loss.
  • Amaca Pty Limited v Werfel [2020] 138 SAS R 295 – reasonable foreseeability of damage occurring many years after exposure to a dangerous product; value of heads of damage; exemplary damages
  • Miller v The State of South Australia & Ors [2025] SAET 119 – reasonable foreseeability of damage occurring many years after exposure to a dangerous product; comparative potency and relative culpability.
  • Acting for insurers and their insureds under management liability policies including in crime, employment practises, and occupational health and safety and in in public liability, property damage and property title claims.

Memberships, Accreditation & Activities

  • Bachelor of Arts (Research), Honours Class 1, University of New South Wales – 1990
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Adelaide – 1994
  • Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice, University of South Australia – 1995
  • Member of Australian Insurance Law Association
  • Member South Australian Employment Tribunal Dust Diseases Stakeholder Group.

Caroline’s expertise is nationally recognised:

    • Doyle’s Guide – Preeminant Lawyer in Dust Diseases (Defendant), consistently ranked since 2017
    • Best Lawyers Australia – recognised in Insurance Law, Occupational Health and Safety Law and Personal Injury Litigation since 2017.