Karien is an Associate in the Johannesburg office with experience in insurance litigation, policy coverage advise, liability assessments and the quantification of claims.
Karien has experience in various insurance fields, including claims for professional indemnity, construction law and engineering, product liability, personal injury and medical malpractice, and public liability as well as general liability insurance.
Karien is an Associate in the Insurance Litigation department at the Johannesburg office and completed her practical vocational training at Clyde & Co in 2021. She is has extensive experience in opinion writing, drafting affidavits and similar responses requested by regulatory bodies and in the procedural realm of litigation.
She has been admitted as an attorney of the High Court and was appointed as an Associate at the firm in Wim Cilliers’s team in 2022.
Expérience
Advise insurers of their prospects of success and quantification of litigious matters and defending such matters on their behalf.
Defend professionals for alleged misconduct/ negligence reported to their regulatory bodies.
Assist in representing clients in arbitration proceedings of various natures.
Assist clients in audit investigations.
Assist clients with requests/disputes arising from the Promotion of Access to Information Act.