Lucille Stewart

Lucille is a Special Counsel in our Insurance and Health team and is based in the Adelaide office.

Lucille specialises in:

• Public and product liability
• Health law
• Professional indemnity

At BN, Lucille is involved in a range of contentious work primarily in the areas of public liability, professional indemnity and medical malpractice. Before joining our team in 2023, Lucille worked in a busy Commercial Insurance practice of a large national firm.

Lucille acts for Australian and international insurers and claims management agencies and third-party administrators for London based underwriters. She also assists insureds to manage their own claims within deductible levels and works with brokers to assist their clients in responding to claims.

Lucille is approachable, reliable, proactive and client focused. She takes a pragmatic but firm approach to litigation and negotiation. Her advice is practical and concise, without compromising on quality.

Lucille represents clients across a range of jurisdictions, including the Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts of South Australia. She has instructed Counsel and Senior Counsel for two Full Supreme Court appeals and several District Court trials.

Lucille’s experience includes:

• Providing complex and detailed advices to underwriters on indemnity, including policy construction, liability, quantum and reserves.
• Defending various public liability claims (personal injury and property) against a range of insured businesses involving, for example, farm practices, cleaning contractors, property managers, manufacturing, building and construction and general occupier liability.
• Representing doctors and allied health workers (including psychologists, physiotherapists, chiropractors and optometrists) in professional indemnity (medical malpractice) claims and disciplinary proceedings.
• Responding to AHPRA notifications on behalf of doctors and allied health workers (including drafting submissions for consideration by various Boards) and representing practitioners in Coronial Enquiries (including drafting statements for submission to SAPOL and representing practitioners at interviews.

Industry recognition:

• The Best Lawyer's in Australia - Litigation, Adelaide since 2026
• The Best Lawyer's in Australia - Personal Injury Litigation, Adelaide since 2022
• The Best Lawyer's in Australia - Insurance Law, Adelaide since 2020
• Doyle's Guide - Recommended Public & Product Liability Lawyer (Defendant), SA in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024
• Doyle's Guide - Leading Medical Negligence & Malpractice Lawyers (Defendant), SA in 2023