Sophie Vagenas

Sophie is a Senior Associate in the Insurance Law & Litigation group at Lander & Rogers. She advises clients on public and product liability and property damage.

Prior to joining Lander & Rogers in May 2019, Sophie practised at a national insurance firm as a lawyer and later associate, servicing corporate clients with respect to personal injury cases in New South Wales, and dust diseases cases in NSW and South Australia. She also has experience working with insurer clients in relation to medical negligence cases in NSW.

Experience

Sophie has worked on a variety of matters for clients including shopping centre owners, distribution centres, corporate clients, medical and allied health professionals and insurers.

Her areas of expertise include:

• public liability
• product liability
• coverage and indemnity
• dust diseases
• medical negligence.

Career highlights

Sophie's career highlights include:

• involvement in defending personal injury claims against shopping centres, supermarkets and distribution centres
• involvement in defending product liability claims involving alleged negligence and breach of consumer law
• successfully defending a fraudulent personal injury claim made against a landlord
• involvement in defending a physiotherapist from a complex boundary violation claim
• achieving a commercial and desirable outcome for a first-time dust diseases claim brought against a corporate client
• involvement in a bedside hearing for a dust diseases claim.