Sebastian Huynh

Sebastian is a Senior Associate in Lander & Rogers’ Insurance Law & Litigation group. He advises domestic and international insurers on casualty, public and product liability, property damage, and historical/institutional matters.

Before joining Lander & Rogers, Sebastian practised at a national insurance firm as a senior associate and, before that, served as in-house counsel at an Australian bank and insurance company.

Experience

Sebastian has acted for head contractors, subcontractors, retailers, shopping centre owners, small businesses, and real estate agents in defending claims across multiple Australian jurisdictions. His areas of expertise include:

• public liability
• product liability
• third-party property damage
• historical/institutional abuse
• coverage and indemnity.

Career highlights

Sebastian's career highlights include:

• defending a public/product liability claim involving a defective imported product that caused personal injury, raising complex liability issues under the Civil Liability Act and Australian Consumer Law
• acting in defence of a major national retail organisation across multiple workers’ compensation and common law claims in NSW and the ACT
• acting in defence of personal injury claims arising in the context of a goods distribution centre
• successfully defending a damages claim by a worker arising from a workplace assault committed by a third-party contractor
• advising and acting for insurers on claims involving catastrophic injuries
• defending a storage business against multiple customer claims for total loss of goods following a neighbouring fire, with no settlements paid
• acting for an insurer in successful proceedings to recover money paid out to a fraudulent claimant
• acting as coverage counsel, both in litigated and unlitigated matters, for insurers and underwriters on contested indemnity and coverage decisions
• defending educational and government institutions in institutional and historical abuse claims
• managing large claim portfolios involving private schools in Queensland and New South Wales.