Browne Jacobson LLP

Browne Jacobson LLP

Lawyers

Rachael Murphy

Rachael Murphy

Browne Jacobson LLP, West Midlands

Work Department

Business and Professional Risk

Position

Senior Associate, Rachael, specialises in professional negligence, property damage and insurance coverage disputes; defending professionals in the property, legal and financial services sectors.

Career

Rachael’s specialisms include policy coverage advice and dispute resolution in relation to property damage and professional negligence claims.

Her focus includes:

resolving property damage claims, including damage to high net worth properties, business interruption, physical damage losses arising from a range of perils, crime and subrogation. in the professional liability context, she has experience in the TMT sector, solicitors, accountants, and property professionals.

She also has expertise in drafting policy wordings and her wordings expertise provides a unique insight when advising on coverage matters. She regularly advises on the application of the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representation) Act 2012 and the Insurance Act 2015. Rachael has extensive experience successfully defending complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service and in mediations. Rachael regularly advises on multi-million pound and commercially sensitive matters, including those with multi-jurisdictional elements, claims made by vulnerable customers and policy disputes involving suspected fraud.

Rachael provides pragmatic, bespoke and solutions-focused advice which goes beyond the strict application of the policy.

Lincolnshire Youth Offending Services Lincolnshire County Council Adult Social Care

Memberships

Junior Lawyer Division – committee member Firm sports & social club – committee member

Education

Solicitor – admitted September 2012 Nottingham Law School - LPC – 2009 - 2010 The University of Nottingham - LLB (Hons) Law – 2006 – 2009