Andrew Karasmanis

Andrew is an insurance litigation lawyer specialising in personal injury and liability disputes, with extensive experience defending statutory benefits and common law damages claims across a broad range of industries. He advises insurers, self-insurers and corporate clients on complex, high-volume and high-risk claims, providing strategic guidance from early investigation through to resolution or trial.

His practice focuses on public liability, workers’ compensation and occupiers’ liability claims, including matters involving serious injury applications, threshold disputes and contested liability. Andrew is known for his ability to assess exposure early, control costs and develop pragmatic litigation strategies aligned with insurer and client objectives.

Andrew brings valuable insight from his earlier experience acting for plaintiffs in personal injury matters. This dual perspective enables him to anticipate plaintiff's strategy, identify pressure points and deliver commercially sound outcomes for defendants.

Areas of Focus

• Insurance defence and personal injury litigation
• Workers’ compensation
• Common law damages claims
• Public and occupiers’ liability
• Serious injury applications and threshold disputes
• Recovery and contribution proceedings

Experience & Authority

Insurance Defence – Personal Injury
Andrew regularly acts in the defence of personal injury claims. He manages litigation from start to end, always maintaining focus on early and cost-effective resolution.

Workers' Compensation
He has extensive experience managing statutory benefits claims, serious injury applications and common law claims pursuant to the current Victorian WorkCover scheme, as well as the pre-1985 scheme.

Dust Diseases
Andrew is adept at managing dust diseases claims across jurisdictions, whilst always maintaining a pragmatic focus on resolution.

Liability Litigation
Andrew regularly defends public liability, product liability and occupiers’ liability claims across retail, manufacturing, transport and service industries, including latent claims relating to asbestos and silica products. His approach focuses on early liability assessment, evidence strategy and efficient dispute resolution.

Self-Insurer & Corporate Claims Management
He acts for self-insurers and corporates in the management of a portfolio of claims, providing strategic oversight and identification of risk trends, early resolution strategies and ongoing advice to mitigate litigation risk and cost.