Areas of Expertise

Insurance, Class Actions, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Cameron Roberts has over 20 years’ experience in public liability, professional indemnity, product liability, contractors all risk, property, and industrial special risk insurance and self-insurance.

His clients include government departments, insurers, international and ASX listed public companies, private companies, and insurance brokers.

He also has experience in dust diseases, intentional torts arising out of child sex and physical abuse and bullying, commercial litigation, and building and construction litigation. He provides pre-contractual advice in relation to insurance policy wordings, contractual insurance and indemnity clauses, and acts in disputes arising out of the denial of indemnity.

Cameron is a long-time member of the Australian Insurance Law Association and has held and holds many leadership positions, including National President for a record five years until he handed over the role in 2023. He remains the Association's Immediate Past President on the National Board for the next two years and is a committee member of the Association's Victorian chapter. Cameron is also a member of a number of legal working groups including the Victorian County Court's Institutional Liability List and Common Law List working groups and the Convenor of Medical Panels Wrongs Act Working Group.

What others say

"Best Lawyer, Insurance Law"
Best Lawyers Peer Review 2017 - 2025
"Best Lawyer, Personal Injury Litigation"
Best Lawyers Peer Review 2020 - 2025
"Cameron Roberts, a partner who heads up their insurance team. Cameron is excellent. Great listening skills, very professional, great communicator, down to earth with a sense of humour, highly knowledgeable and highly skilled. The best in his field. Wouldn't use anybody else."
Mark Ellis - General Counsel & Licensing Manager, ALH Group Pty Limited

Experience

Defending liability claims

Acting for insurers, self insureds, government departments, statutory authorities and statutory corporations in the defence of class actions and individual claims alleging public and product liability, professional negligence and intentional torts in the High Court of Australia, the Supreme Courts of New South Wales and Victoria (including the Court of Appeal), the District Court of New South Wales, the County Court of Victoria, the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Commercial litigation

Acting for public and private companies and individuals in general commercial litigation in the Supreme Courts of New South Wales and Victoria, the District Court of New South Wales, the County Court of Victoria and the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria.

Coroners' Court

Acting for insurers, self insureds, government departments, statutory authorities and statutory corporations in inquests in the Coroners’ Court of Victoria.

Indemnity advice

Advising insurers, self insureds, public and private companies, government departments, statutory authorities and statutory corporations to provide indemnity advice, advice on insurance policy wordings and advice on contractual insurance and indemnity provisions.

Legislation drafting

Acting for government departments, statutory authorities and corporations as outside counsel or on secondment to draft legislation, regulations and policies including the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority Act 1996, funding regulations under the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Act 1958 and the Country Fire Authority Act and the State of Victoria's policies in respect of Committees of Management appointed under the Crown Land Reserves Act 1978.