Doyle's Guide 2026 - Insurance & Health
Barry Nilsson’s national insurance and health law team has once again been recognised in the annual Doyle’s Guide.
This year, BN received rankings across multiple defendant insurance categories and was recognised in all eligible states, including a total of 19 firm listings and 48 individual lawyer listings, with 41 principals and senior lawyers recognised.
“These rankings reflect the depth of expertise across our national Insurance & Health practice and the high standard of client service we continue to deliver across the country.” – Nicholas Andrew, Principal and National Insurance Leader
Conducted through a peer-review survey, Doyle’s Guide is a comprehensive annual listing recognising Australia’s leading law firms and lawyers.
BN received the following recognition in the 2026 edition of Doyle’s Guide:
Firm listings
Queensland
- First Tier Professional Indemnity Law Firm
- First Tier Public and Product Liability Law Firm
- First Tier Medical Negligence Law Firm
- Recommended Compulsory Third Party Insurance Law Firm
- Recommended Workers' Compensation Law Firm
New South Wales
- Second Tier Professional Indemnity Law Firm
- Second Tier Medical Negligence Law Firm
- Third Tier Compulsory Third Party Insurance Law Firm
Victoria
- Second Tier Professional Indemnity Law Firm
- Third Tier Public and Product Liability Law Firm
South Australia
- First Tier Professional Indemnity Law Firm
- Second Tier Public and Product Liability Law Firm
- Second Tier Compulsory Third Party Insurance Law Firm
- Recommended Medical Negligence Law Firm
Western Australia
- First Tier Professional Indemnity Law Firm
- First Tier Public and Product Liability Law Firm
- Third Tier Medical Negligence Law Firm
- Third Tier Workers' Compensation Law Firm
- Recommended Compulsory Third Party Insurance Law Firm
Lawyer listings
Leading Professional Indemnity Lawyers
- Andrew Hilditch - Preeminent (SA)
- Hubert Wajszel - Preeminent (VIC)
- Julie Kinnear - Preeminent (SA)
- Sophie Devitt - Preeminent (QLD)
- Simon Black - Preeminent (NSW)
- Toby Barrie - Preeminent (WA)
- Cameron Maclean - Leading (WA)
- James Morse - Leading (NSW)
- Jock Campbell - Leading (WA)
- Jordan Farr - Leading (QLD)
- Rhett Kennedy - Leading (QLD)
- Belinda Randall - Recommended (WA)
- Jason Hart - Recommended (WA)
- Melanie Quixley - Recommended (QLD)
- Nicholas Andrew - Recommended (NSW)
- Emma Pilkington - Recommended (SA)
- Peter Murdoch - Recommended (QLD)
- Scott Shelly - Recommended (VIA)
Leading Public & Product Liability Lawyers
- Colby Treasure - Preeminent (WA)
- Peter Ewin - Preeminent (VIC)
- Peter Murdoch - Preeminent (QLD)
- Toby Barrie - Preeminent (WA)
- Chris Evans - Leading (SA)
- Megan Daniel - Leading (QLD)
- Melanie Quixley - Leading (QLD)
- Andrew Hilditch - Recommended (SA)
- Dian Turner - Recommended (VIC)
- Fiona Sennett - Recommended (QLD)
- Helen Stavridis - Recommended (SA)
- Jason Hart - Recommended (WA)
- Nick Bell - Recommended (NSW)
- Stephanie Carter - Recommended (NSW)
- Toby Biddle - Recommended (NSW)
Leading Medical Negligence Lawyers
- Robert Samut- Preeminent (QLD)
- Kate Hickey - Leading (NSW)
- Samantha Pillay - Leading (QLD)
- Daryl Langman - Recommended (WA)
- Edward Mitchell - Recommended (SA)
- Emma Baker - Recommended (QLD)
- Laura Bendlin - Recommended (WA)
- Natalie Aprea - Recommended (NSW)
- Neroli Martin - Recommended (NSW)
- Toby Biddle - Recommended (NSW)
- Tracy Pickett - Recommended (QLD)