Wendy Blacker Lawyers is a boutique law firm based in Sydney, with a reputation for expertise in a range of practice areas including insurance, litigation, life sciences and the education sector. The firm provides big firm knowledge and expertise combined with the cost effectiveness and flexibility of a small firm. Our team has acted for both defendant insurers and self-insureds in claims for professional negligence, public liability and property damage claims. In the area of life sciences, the team has advised medical device and pharmaceutical and complementary medicine manufacturers and suppliers on product liability matters, regulatory regimes, industry codes, compliance and statutory breaches. The team also has extensive experience in the education sector, having acted for schools and tertiary educations in matters including child protection issues, bullying, negligence, breach of contract and discrimination. Our teams is consistently recognised across leading legal directories such as Chambers Asia-Pacific and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Wendy Blacker has been voted by her peers to be listed in Australia's Best Lawyers Guide in three separate categories, viz. medical negligence annually since 2014 and in insurance and litigation annually since 2016. Wendy Blacker has also had amongst her team a winner in the Insurance category of the Lawyers Weekly ‘30 under 30s' 2015 and a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards in the category ‘Young Gun of the Year' 2015. Laoise O Connor, an Associate at the firm, is a finalist in the Insurance category of the Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30s 2017. These achievements represent the continued independent recognition of team members.