Lawyers

Peter Mansfield

Peter Mansfield

RPC, South West

Work Department

Insurance and reinsurance.

Position

Peter is an insurance lawyer who specialises in dispute resolution and insurance coverage. He typically acts for professional indemnity insurers, with a particular focus on solicitors, surveyors, and construction professionals.

Career

Publications 

Peter was co-author of the Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol and wrote the chapter on claims notification in the textbook Insurance Broking Practice and the Law. He also hosts the Insurance Covered podcast, which covers anything and everything to do with insurance - it’s one of the leading podcasts for the sector.

Work highlights 

Coverage dispute between insurers on the year of allocation for a £6 million construction claim.

Coverage dispute on the definition of 'workmanship' in a D&C professional indemnity policy.

Coverage advice on policy response to a complex construction claim with multiple alleged defects over a period of years.

Podcast episode with Bruce Carnegie-Brown, the Chairman of Lloyd's of London.

Memberships

Society of Construction Lawyers