John Berrill
Principal
Key practice areas: Superannuation & Insurance Claims
Location: Melbourne (VIC)
John Berrill is a Principal at Maurice Blackburn and is the
head of the largest national plaintiff Superannuation and Insurance
Claims practice in Australia.
He has more than 20 years experience in superannuation,
insurance and financial services law and is an accredited
personal injuries specialist.
John was appointed to the three-person
Federal Government's National Disaster Insurance Review pannel
announced on 4 March 2011.
He was a consumer representative on the Financial Industry
Complaints Service Panel and Board between 1995 and 2009. He
is a consumer representative on the Travel Compensation Fund Board
and the Financial Ombudsman Service life insurance advisory
committee.
He was a founding member of the HIV/Aids Legal Centre and is
also a member of the Consumers Federation of Australia, the Chronic
Illness Alliance and the Australian Lawyers Alliance.
John provides legal advice to many disability support groups,
social work departments, unions and consumer groups, and acts for
workers and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities against
insurance companies and superannuation funds.
