Andrew Roper deals predominantly with subrogated recoveries from a wide range of client insurers and insureds, specialising in claims arising from property damage. Andrew regularly advises on all matters related to insurance claims from inception through to conclusion, liaising with experts, loss adjusters and counsel throughout the litigation process. He specialises in subrogated recovery and liability litigation.
Ben is an insurance partner with particular specialism in defending claims against construction professionals, brokers and solicitors. He has acted on a large variety of claims, ranging from complex multi party, high value claims to the lower value and more straightforward. Ben is also regularly instructed on D&O claims, both to provide coverage advice to insurers and to defend the directors. Following secondments at two major London market insurers, Ben has obtained a detailed understanding of the insurance industry and the relevant commercial drivers.
Partner. Claire Revell is an insurance litigator who specialises in defending professionals in professional negligence claims and advising insurers on policy coverage. Claire has acted for a range of professionals, including accountants, construction professionals and brokers but currently focusses on defending lawyers. Her caseload includes high value and multi-million-pound claims as well as more straightforward matters, acting for a range of clients from sole practitioners to international firms. She also has significant experience in employment practices claims and has advised insurers both on policy coverage and defence. Claire also acts for directors facing a range of claims, again including claims of significant value and with complex issues.
Daniel is a Partner with experience of advising on a broad range of professional liability disputes, including claims against solicitors, construction professionals and technology companies. He also advises on cyber security and data protection matters, including breach response.
Senior Associate. Emma Wherry is an insurance lawyer within the professional risks team. She specialises in disputes involving construction professionals and surveyors.
Peter trained and qualified in London before moving to Bristol in 1994. He became a partner in 2005 and joined RPC as a partner in 2012. He specialises in claims against construction professionals, solicitors and surveyors. He also regularly advises on policy coverage issues and is currently writing an e-learning course on insurance law. He was co-author of the Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol.
Rachael Healey specialises in professional indemnity and financial services dispute resolution work. She specialises in advising on claims against accountants, financial professionals, off-shore trustees, lawyers and pension professionals. Rachael has experience dealing with various disciplinary and regulatory matters including before the ACCA and ICAEW, the Pension Ombudsman and the Financial Ombudsman Service. Rachael also has extensive experience with coverage disputes.
Scott is a Partner in the Professional and Financial Risks department. He has a wealth of experience in defending a wide variety of claims and regulatory complaints against professionals, in particular lawyers and accountants. He has acted for major national and international firms, including a number of Top 200 UK law firms, as well as small and medium-sized professional services businesses and sole practitioners. Scott's experience spans defending multi-million-pound claims in the High Court and the Court of Appeal to lower value County Court proceedings, as well as complaints to Ombudsman services such as the Legal Ombudsman. Scott frequently advises on regulatory and compliance matters and has defended professional clients subject to interventions, investigations and formal disciplinary proceedings brought by their regulators, including the SRA and the ICAEW. Scott is an expert in professional indemnity insurance and is frequently instructed to advise on policy coverage disputes.
Will Sefton specialises in defending professionals and company directors, and advising liability insurers on policy coverage. Will and his team act for directors facing the full range of claims, including from liquidators/administrators and investors and those involved in unfair prejudice proceedings. He advises a number of the major D&O insurers on coverage issues on both commercial and financial institution risks. Will also defends a range of professionals, in particular lawyers and brokers. In this field, Will has experience of defending claims against firms of all sizes, from international to local, from multi-million pound group litigation in the High Court to sub-£50k claims. Will qualified in 2002 at Clifford Chance and became a partner at CMS Cameron McKenna LLP in 2011. He was one of the founding partners of the RPC Bristol office in January 2012.
Legal Director. Zoe Eastell is a highly experienced insurance lawyer with particular expertise in defending professional negligence claims against construction professionals including architects, engineers, project managers, property managers, surveyors and design and build contractors. She also specialises in defending those accused of professional misconduct, in particular surveyors before the Ombudsman and in RICS disciplinary cases. Zoe has been involved in many high value and complex disputes involving projects both in the UK and worldwide, and is experienced in all forms of dispute resolution, including litigation, arbitration, adjudication and mediation. Zoe is often instructed in relation to complex policy coverage disputes, including disputes arising from professional indemnity and CAR insurance policies. She also specialises in advising insurers in relation to claims arising from property damage.
