Carly Hanson
Clayton Utz
Carly is a skilled litigator who helps clients navigate complex disputes. Her experience spans complex commercial disputes and corporations matters including shareholder disputes, oppression claims and breaches of director's duties, insolvency matters, regulatory investigations and enforcement action, contractual disputes including property and leasing disputes and insurance, including insurance policy reviews, director's and officer's insurance and indemnity arrangements and claims against insurers.
Carly works with her clients to successfully resolve disputes, focusing on delivering commercial, pragmatic and timely advice.
ASIC enforcement proceedings: acted for ASIC in a successful prosecution against a director and related entities for contraventions of the Corporations Act and ASIC Act for unlicensed conduct and operating an unregistered managed investment scheme and making false or misleading representations. ASIC successfully obtained permanent injunctions restraining the defendants from carrying on a financial services business without an AFSL and a disqualification order.
Complex lease and licence dispute: acting for a large international airport in a complex lease and licence dispute against multiple oil companies for the recovery of unpaid licence fees and defending a counterclaim concerning ownership and compensation in respect of JUHI assets.
Insurance broking company: acted for an insurance broking company and its director in defending breach of trust, deceit, misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct claims in litigation commenced in the Supreme Court of Queensland, including a successful application for the director's dispensation from the pleading rules on the basis of the director's claims for privilege against self-incrimination, and the successful insurance recovery of the director's defence costs.
Misleading and deceptive conduct claims and breaches of director's duties: acted for a high-profile director of multiple responsible entities of managed investment schemes in defending allegations of breaches of director's duties and misleading and deceptive conduct claims brought by liquidators in litigation spanning six years.
Covid-19 business interruption insurance test case: Acted for policyholders in Covid-19 business interruption insurance 'test case' proceedings in the assessment of the insured's business interruption loss (Federal Court proceeding NSD133/2021). Acted for policy holders in the successful recovery of business interruption loss from insurers.
Shareholder disputes: successfully defended a shareholder oppression claim at first instance and on appeal and in the recovery of costs.
"Big Four" bank: advises one of Australia's largest banks on complex financial lines insurance matters, including successful recoveries against professional indemnity insurers for remediation programs, class actions and other disputes.
D&O liability, indemnity and insurance: advises private and public clients on director's and officer's liability, insurance and indemnity issues, spanning all classes of insurance.