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Cassandra Fakhri

Senior Associate

Cassandra is an experienced litigation lawyer specialising in general liability, product liability, intentional torts, workers' claims and related statutory recovery actions. She also has experience acting in high-profile institutional and historic abuse claims.

Experience

Prior to joining Lander & Rogers, Cassandra was an integral part of a personal injury practice at a plaintiff firm. Her experience provides her with valuable insight into strategy and litigation from a plaintiff's perspective.

Cassandra's areas of expertise include:

  • general liability
  • product liability
  • intentional torts
  • workers' compensation and statutory recoveries institutional abuse.

Career highlights

Cassandra's career highlights include:

  • acting on behalf of various Victorian government agencies in defence of pre-litigated and litigated tort injury claims
  • acting on behalf of various statutory authorities in multi-party public liability matters
  • defending claims in respect of workplace injuries, including common law damages claims and section 138 recovery actions brought by the Victorian WorkCover Authority
  • defending complex, high-quantum, public and product liability claims in Victorian and New South Wales courts.