Insurance & Reinsurance, Professional Negligence, Property Damage
Property damage and professional indemnity, in particular construction professionals, brokers' negligence and utilities; commercial insurance and product liability, in particular complex claims, coverage and indemnity, with a heavy insurance-based practice.
Recent cases include Balls Pond Securities v. Envirocure and others [2016] EWHC 181 (TCC) (fire/causation); The Worshipful Company of Grocers v. Keltbray Group Holdings Ltd. [2016] EWHC 1167 (QB) (collapse/vibrational damage); Cooperative Group Ltd. v. Birse Construction and others [2014] EWHC 530 (TCC) (professional indemnity/ground stability); Wynnstay v Heygate (product liability/animal feed stuffs); Ali and others v Oakfield Developments (Yorkshire) Ltd (catastrophic slope failure); Crossley and others v Roch Valley Developments (catastrophic slope failure); Gemini Riteway v Lonsdale and others (broker’s negligence/policy coverage in primary and excess layer insurance).
COMBAR, PNBA, LCLCBA, TECBAR
Pembroke College, Oxford University (1989 MA); City University, London (1992 Dip Law Distinction); Council of Legal Education (1993 Bar Finals Hardwicke Scholar).
Mountaineering with notable first ascents in the wider ranges.