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Legal Expenses Insurance

Protect your client against the potentially heavy burden of legal expenses

Lion Underwriting is proud to announce our new Legal Expenses Insurance cover.

The policy provides advice and cover for the legal costs of pursuing or defending certain classes of legal action.

Covering legal costs and expenses where the dispute or legal proceedings are or would be within the Territorial Limits and the dispute or legal proceedings are in connection with activities within the scope and extent of Your Business Description.

Key cover benefits

(subject to full terms and conditions of the policy)

Commercial Contract Disputes

Legal Expenses incurred in the pursuit or defense on any dispute or legal proceedings made by or brought against you in a contractual dispute or legal proceedings with a contracting party over a contract of sale of goods or a contract for the hire of cords or a contract for the supply of a service.

Criminal Prosecution

Defending a prosecution against You in a Court of criminal jurisdiction; and An appeal by You against the service of a remedial or stop-work order under the Workplace Safety and Health Act.

Employment Disputes

Legal Expenses incurred by You in defending legal proceedings brought against You by an Employee, ex-Employee or prospective Employee in respect of their contract of employment with You or a breach of employment related legislation.

Property Disputes

Legal Expenses incurred in any dispute or legal proceedings made by or brought against You provided You will suffer financial loss if You fail to pursue or defend the dispute or legal proceedings.

Data Protection

Legal Expenses incurred in defending any dispute or legal proceedings brought against You under the Privacy Act 1988.

Statutory Licence

Legal Expenses incurred in an appeal by You against the suspension, revocation, imposed alteration of or refusal to renew a Statutory Licence.

Employees breach of Restrictive Covenants

The Insurer agrees to pay You for Legal Expenses incurred in pursuing legal proceedings against an Employee or ex-Employee to obtain the remedy of an injunction against that Employee or ex- Employee for their breach of an express restrictive covenant in their employment contract where the breach by the Employee or exEmployee relates to or arises from soliciting your employees or soliciting your customers.

ATO Tax Investigation Protection

Legal Expenses incurred in respect of Your representation arising directly from; an ATO Investigation ; a GST Dispute with the ATO ; a Fringe Benefits Dispute in respect of a claim by the ATO.

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Download our Proposal Forms

Commercial Legal Expenses Proposal Form
Construction Legal Expenses Proposal Form

WANT TO FIND OUT MORE?

CONTACT OUR LEGAL RISKS EXPERT DYAN FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Dyan Hamill

  • Phone

    07 3445 6317

  • Email

    dyan@lionunderwriting.com.au

LION UNDERWRITING PTY LTD

Unit 7, 16-18 Riverland Drive,
Loganholme
QLD 4129
Tel: (07) 3445 6300

ABN 33 604 592 467
AFSL 491793

Lion Underwriting prides itself on providing brokers access to the broadest range of policies, at competitive premiums whilst maintaining the highest level of service.

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