Experience
Adele is the Practice Head of TurksLegal’s Employers Liability team.
Since joining TurksLegal in 2004, Adele has practised exclusively in the areas of workers compensation, work injury damages and Section 151Z recoveries.
Adele is a trusted advisor to NSW’s leading insurers, and has conducted litigation in numerous Australian jurisdictions. Adele has specific expertise in handling complex work injury damages claims involving multiple parties and the overlap of different legislative regimes.
Adele’s client base includes a number of Australia’s largest self-insured employers; NSW State Government Agencies and ASX-listed companies.
Adele works collaboratively with her insurer and employer clients to reduce the prevalence and cost of work injury damages claims by identifying trends and developing strategies to minimise the occurrence and impact of claims.
Adele’s work injury damages expertise is reflected by her regular speaking engagements at conferences and seminars for NSW Government Agencies, icare scheme agents, self and specialised insurers and employers.
Adele has been recognised in the 2020 Doyle's Guide as a Leading New South Wales Defendant Workers Compensation Lawyer.