Presenters

Caroline Hutchinson, Principal/Director, Coleman Greig Lawyers
Caroline Hutchinson is a Principal at Coleman Greig Lawyers and an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation, who leads the firm’s Commercial Disputes & Employment practice. Caroline has extensive experience in litigation, and she and her team deal with a wide variety of dispute-related issues for their clients. Utilising her over 30 years of experience, Caroline is well-placed to assist in mitigating the risks involving the effects of litigation on a company’s corporate profile with her keen grasp of commercial realities and comprehensive understanding of the differing legislative requirements across the various Australian states. She has also built a vast knowledge in managing investigations and disputes for clientele with regulators, including SafeWork NSW, WorkSafe Qld and the ACCC on matters of a WHS and consumer law basis. Caroline is invested in contributing to the legal profession and the local community and regularly presents on dispute-related and professional ethics topics. She is a serving member of 2 committees of the Law Society of NSW - Litigation Law and Practice (2016 to date) and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (2025 to date). She was conferred an Honorary Fellowship by Western Sydney University (2023) for her commitment to the western Sydney community and in 2025 was a Finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Dispute Resolution Partner of the Year Award. She is the Chair of Coleman Greig’s Board.

Campbell Bridge SC, 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Campbell Bridge SC was admitted to the NSW Bar in July 1977 and appointed Senior Counsel in 1998. His practice has predominately involved complex commercial, product liability, public liability and professional indemnity cases both as a mediator and counsel. He has acted in major inquests and as Counsel Assisting in a Royal Commission. Campbell has acted as a mediator in several hundred major mediations in both Australia and Asia. He has spoken at numerous international conferences in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia on negotiation, culture and mediation of commercial and professional liability disputes in Australia and Asia. He has also taught on aspects of mediation, negotiation, culture and professional negligence disputes at the Dispute Resolution in Asia LLM course at Sydney University, the Indonesian Mediation Centre, and the Melbourne Law Masters Program. He is on the panel of Arbitrators of BANI (Indonesia National Board of Arbitration). He is an Accredited Mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS) of Australia and is as a Mediator and Arbitrator by the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He is a guest international mediator of the Pusat Mediasi Nasional (Indonesian Mediation Centre).