With over ten years of experience acting in sensitive legal claims, Georgia has serviced major institutional clients including multibillion dollar religious organisations, federal government agencies, insurers, and not-for-profit clients of many sizes on complex matters such as litigated child abuse matters, highly publicised sexual assault matters, sensitive workplace investigations involving senior personnel, special commissions of inquiry and royal commissions, legislative and government policy reform and similar. Georgia also advises a broad range of Australia’s largest businesses including ASX200 listed companies with navigating modern slavery legislation (and frequently conducts seminars around the country on this topic).
Georgia has also acted for a large number of vulnerable individuals and witnesses at particularly challenging times of their life in delicate and emotionally-charged inquiries and litigation including around sexual assault, childhood abuse, and modern slavery, prioritising a trauma-informed process at all times. She has experience working closely in cooperation with various law enforcement authorities and regulators. Georgia previously worked in life insurance at one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, and is also mindful of regulatory and commercial pressures faced by in-house Counsel. Her experience in-house, in private practice, and for both plaintiffs and defendants enables her to deliver a broad perspective and understanding of the positions of all parties to a dispute.
Georgia’s expertise includes: