Full Profile
Kaveetha is a solicitor with over 18 years of experience in professional indemnity, with a focus from 2022 in acting for construction professionals. Her work has involved advising and defending a diverse range of construction professionals: including design engineers, building superintendents, builders and surveyors.
She manages multi-jurisdictional litigation and has led legal teams through regulatory inquiries and several Royal Commission inquiries. She advises on complex issues in addressing insurance coverage and disputes.
Kaveetha is on the expert legal panel for Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures Australasia (CROSS-AUS), and assists it on a voluntary basis.
She presents on risk management and provides updates to building professionals and insurers, in addressing risks faced by the construction industry.
She has also defended claims against insurance brokers and other professionals.
Experience
Professional indemnity – construction professionals
- Defending claims against design engineers involving large scale litigation, including on drainage design for a major motorway.
- Defending claims against building superintendents and supervisors involving multi-party litigation and on major housing developments, commercial premises and apartment complexes.
- Acting for fire engineers on advice provided on compliance with building codes.
- Acting for construction site supervisors on advice provided on the location of underground telecommunications lines.
- Cladding disputes involving fire engineers and design professionals.
- Litigation involving calculations provided by surveyors in obtaining approval for subdividing commercial lots.
Professional indemnity – other professionals
- Defending several claims against insurance brokers involving cancellation of policies, extent of cover and alleged failure to place adequate cover.
Personal injury and property insurance claims
- Acted in defending a number of claims including those needing expert opinions from mechanical and electrical engineers.
- Advised on claims involving loss of whole building keys and fire damage.
