Welcome to Greenland Legal. We are a small, specialised and personal law firm in Perth, Western Australia.

Our clients include corporations, manufacturers, insurers and construction and mining companies. We are currently working with a large construction conglomerate, a bulk grain handler, a national retailer and former asbestos manufacturers and suppliers.

We rarely represent individuals unless they are business people such as farmers, builders and small business proprietors.

Although we usually defend claims, we also make them, especially for the purpose of recovering workers’ compensation payments from negligent third parties.

We do not accept instructions which involve conflict with the following companies: BGC; CBH; Wallaby Grip companies; Wesfarmers General Insurance Ltd; Woolworths.

Cases we have conducted

• Hacai v Rigil Kent. WA Full Court decision concerning the failure of a lessee to arrange insurance for a lessor who was already insured.
• McPherson v State Print. WA Full Court workers’ compensation decision concerning a worker stressed by the expectation of dismissal.
• Westina Corporation Pty Ltd v BGC Contracting Pty Ltd.  WA Court of Appeal decision concerning exclusion clauses in a contract for the hire of mining plant.
• Benz v Brambles Ltd. WA Full Court decision concerning the liability of a manufacturer of a defective crane jib, and the liability of the employer which owned and operated the crane.
• Burgoyne v BGC Australia Pty Ltd. WA District Court decision concerning the calculation of the amount of the claim when a new car is negligently damaged and perfectly repaired.
• Gove v Black & Ors. WA Supreme Court decision concerning the liability of the owner and occupier of a strata-titled unit, where a balcony collapsed under the weight of party guests.
• ICWA v Quito Pty Ltd. WA Full Court decision concerning whether an unlicensed employee driving a tractor off road deprived the employer of CTP cover.
• Murphy v Placer (Granny Smith) Pty Ltd. WA Court of Appeal decision concerning the non-delegable duty of an employer at a mine site, when the negligent mine operator claimed a contribution to the injured employee’s damages.

We also advise on insurance policies and all aspects of fire and other property damage.