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Killian Donohoe

Senior Associate

Bachelor of Arts/ Laws, Graduate Diploma Legal Practice, Masters Public Policy (in progress)

  • Insurance
  • Public/Product Liability
  • Litigation
  • Personal Injury and Compensation
  • Compensation
  • WorkCover

Senior Associate, Killian Donohoe re-joined the Russell Kennedy team in Sydney in October 2024. Killian has over 8 years of experience in casualty and public liability litigation. He is an experienced insurance litigation lawyer specialising in personal injury and public liability claims. He has expertise in managing complex multi-party litigation involving workplace accidents, public liability claims, property damage claims and statutory compensation.

Killian has managed litigated property damage and personal injury insurance claims on behalf of government and insurer clients. He has also acted for the Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA) defending common law damages claims and statutory benefits claims on behalf of the VWA, as well as private insurers and employers.

Killian advises and acts on behalf of insurers and insureds in respect of both pre-litigated and litigated claims. He provides advice on all aspects of indemnity, liability and litigation strategy, as well as advocating, negotiating and appearing at mediations and in Court on behalf of clients.

Experience

  • successfully defending to verdict a shopping facility operator from a personal injury claim for common law damages (Mourkakos v Cleandomain Pty Ltd [2021] VCC 1648)
  • successfully defending to verdict a personal injury claim on behalf of a construction company on the basis that the proceeding ought to have been statute barred pursuant to the Limitations of Actions Act (Stone v Structural Systems (Construction) Pty Ltd [2020] VCC 1622)
  • acting and advocating on behalf of a pro bono client who had recently arrived in Australia from offshore detention, in order to secure appropriate residential accommodation through the Department of Health and Human Services