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As a firm we have a strong commitment to our corporate sustainability principles, and this year we joined the United Nations Global Compact, an initiative dedicated to promoting responsible business practices and advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our goals include Education, gender equality, climate action, justice for all, and sustainable partnerships. You can learn about our actions plans and targets, here.
In this edition, we feature an entire section dedicated to COP28 where we share insights and intelligence through conversations we have had with leading experts from across the region. This includes articles and podcasts that delve into the most pertinent topics, such as COP28’s call to action for corporates, ESG reporting, and the UAE’s Net Zero vision.
Beyond the focus on Energy and Climate we feature articles covering important updates that look into a variety of areas, such as UAE consumer protection law, an overview of the Federal Civil Family Law for Non-Muslim Foreigners in the UAE, and from Kuwait we discuss the management of companies. As always, in our final section we continue to share with you real life judgements that provide context to the legal landscape in the region.
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Biography
Melody has 10 years’ experience in managing a broad range of contentious insurance claims for financial and casualty lines of liability business, across New Zealand and Australia, before she relocated to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2023.
Melody specializes in professional indemnity, directors and officers, medical malpractice, and general liability insurance, with a particular expertise in handling civil claims as well as professional investigation and disciplinary proceedings against solicitors, accountants, engineers, and medical practitioners. She also specializes in statutory liability insurance, involving criminal investigation and prosecution by regulators in areas such as health and safety.
Melody joined Al Tamimi’s insurance practice following her most recent role as Senior Technical Claims Specialist with an international insurer in New Zealand. Through her extensive experience working in-house, Melody has a well-developed understanding of key policy response considerations, and is skilled in liability and quantum assessment, settlement negotiations and commercially minded risk analysis.
Recent Experience
- Health NZ, New Zealand’s public health agency, on the management of medical malpractice claims for its various District Health Boards.
- Pharmacy Defence Association, a New Zealand association for registered pharmacists, on the management of professional investigation and disciplinary proceedings against its members.
- Hawkins NZ, a major New Zealand construction and project management company, on the management of defective earthquake repairs claims before the Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal.
Language(s)
- English
- Chinese
Education
- 2013 – BCom Bachelors of Commerce (Honours) (Finance), University of Auckland
- 2012 – LLB Bachelors of Laws, University of Auckland
- 2012 – BCom Bachelors of Commerce, University of Auckland
Admission
- 2014 – Barrister & Solicitor, New Zealand
- 2017 – Solicitor, New South Wales, Australia
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