Insurance, Travel & Jurisdiction, Professional Negligence, Property Damage, Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Product Liability, Sport

Howard Palmer QC is particularly respected for his experience in insurance of employers’ liability, public liability, product liability and motor insurance risks. In addition, he has wide experience of national and international litigation and arbitration, including conflicts of laws and jurisdiction issues involving international travel and insurance. He acts for Claimants as well as domestic and foreign insurers and reinsurers. He has been instructed in appeals to the Supreme Court in Durham v BAI (EL, asbestos 2012), Jacobs v MIB (motor, uninsured foreign claims 2011) and Brownlie v Four Seasons (foreign jurisdiction 2016). In motor insurance he appeared in Charlton v Fisher (CA 2002), Bristol v Williams (CA 2012) and Nemeti v Sabre Insurance (CA 2013). Recent cases include Transform Medical v Travelers Insurance (2015 - Product Liability Insurance), Wagenaar (CA 2014 Foreign skiing accident). His practice includes expertise in construction and engineering contracts, fire and flood recoveries and professional negligence. He has been admitted ad hoc to the Bar of Brunei, and has acted as an expert in English Law in foreign insurance and product liability cases.

Lecturer, KCL 1977. QC 1999. Recorder 2005.

Basic German.

TECBAR; COMBAR; LCLCBA; PIBA.

Eton; University College, Oxford (1980 MA Jurisprudence).