Weightmans LLP

Quentin specialises in professional negligence and construction claims, almost always acting on behalf of insurers. With over 30 years’ practice in this field, he has particularly extensive experience in the following areas:

• claims against clients in the construction industry, architects, engineers, M&E consultants, quantity surveyors, project managers, asbestos consultants and design & build contractors (he is a qualified Adjudicator);
• complaints or claims against financial advisers and IFA networks; and
• insurance policy coverage disputes.

He also regularly handles claims against other professions, such as estate agents, insurance brokers, solicitors, surveyors and accountants. He frequently deals with complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service against insurance brokers, insurers, IFAs and the like.

He acts for a broad range of Lloyds’ syndicates and company market insurers, including AmTrust, Antares, Argenta, Argo, AXA Insurance, CFC, Chaucer, Collegiate, IGI, Markel International, MMI (part of Zurich), RiverStone, Sompo International, Tokio Marine HCC and Vibe.

He has been involved in a number of high-profile and complex cases, including: acting for one of the defending parties in a very substantial dispute arising from the collapse of a tunnel at Gerrards Cross; acting for Liberty Mutual in the successful defence at trial of a very substantial and complex claim arising from the collapse of the Honister IFA network; and acting for Argo in the successful defence of a claim by Multiplex arising from the construction of a tower block at 100 Bishopsgate (which is frequently cited as a precedent case in other matters). He advises frequently on cladding disputes and is currently representing one of the parties involved in the Grenfell Tower refurbishment project.