Our experience

Turner Freeman ran it's first asbestos claim in New South Wales in 1982. In South Australia, Turner Freeman has represented victims of asbestos disease since the late 1990's, and established an office in Adelaide in 2001. In 2009 we opened an office in Whyalla.

Turner Freeman employs the most experienced dust diseases lawyers in Australia. Eight of Turner Freeman's Partners and five Associates practice in the area of dust diseases claims and have over 100 years of dust diseases litigation experience between them.

Turner Freeman's Adelaide office is predominantly a dust diseases practice. The Managing Partner is Tanya Segelov who has over 15 years experience as a lawyer representing victims of dust diseases. Our Associate Partner, Annie Hoffman practices from our Adelaide office.

Turner Freeman's vast experience in dust diseases litigation means that it has a wealth of information in relation to possible exposures to asbestos, the development of medical and scientific knowledge as to the dangers of exposure to asbestos, the different company structures and insurers and the aietology of the various dust diseases, all of which are readily available to assist in running claims. Our accumulated knowledge is particularly important in South Australia where the Dust Diseases Act allows a claimant to rely upon evidence given in previous proceedings to prove their claim.

  • Notable victories

    The managing partner of our Parramatta Office, Armando Gardiman, ran his first claim for a victim of an asbestos disease in 1982, and successfully prosecuted the first product liability claim in Australia against James Hardie & Coy in 1987.

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  • Acting for Bernie Banton

    Managing partner of the Turner Freeman Adelaide office, Tanya Segelov, acted for the late Bernie Banton in his first claim, brought in 1999, and then again when he developed mesothelioma in 2007.

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  • The Hardie enquiry

    In 2001 James Hardie (as it currently operates) attempted to seperate itself from the liabilities created by it's old asbestos businesses. They attempted to do this by creating a Fund that would pay all future asbestos liabilities, and then moving all the other companies overseas. Despite very public statements that the Fund had suffcient money to cover all future claims, James Hardie massively underfunded the Fund. Turner Freeman acted for asbestos victims organisations and Unions during the Special Commission.

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