England - East Midlands • Insurance
Browne Jacobson LLP
Spead across East and West Midlands, Browne Jacobson LLP has a strong presence in defending claims against solicitors, accountants, surveyors, financial institutions, insurance brokers and construction professionals. It has recently established a Delegated Authority scheme in the Midlands specifically for claims against technology professionals. Jonathan Newbold impresses with his ‘superb technical knowledge and vast experience’ in financial services and policy coverage. Marlene Henderson , Derek Bambury, Jude Cummings and senior associate Joanne Lewis are the other key members of the ’very capable and experienced team’.
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‘Very capable and experienced team’
‘Jude Cummings is fantastic. She's incisive, proactive and inspires great confidence.’
‘Browne Jacobson have a really strong Midland professional indemnity practice, having offices in both Nottingham and Birmingham. I don't think there is any other firm with substantial offices specialising in prof neg in both cities. They also have real strength in depth.’
‘The lawyer I know best from their Midlands offices is Jo Lewis, who I haver worked with for many years. She has always had a really sound nose for the good and bad points, she is very efficient and proficient, and particularly experienced in claims concerning negligent conveyancing, where she handles a number of multi-million pound claims. Quality lawyer.’
‘Very sound commercial judgment - when to fight and when to settle. Excellent when assessing when it is sensible to instruct Counsel and when it is unnecessary to incur that expense.’
‘Marlene Henderson (partner). Excellent commercial instincts and very good client management skills’
‘Jonathan Newbold is by far the stand out partner from Browne Jacobson. All areas of our business(claims, underwriting, wordings) like working with him and respect his advice. His technical knowledge is superb and his experience is vast, so when this is applied with a very customer centric approach, it is a winning combination.’
‘The PI Team at Browne Jacobson have a wide and diverse areas of expertise . The team are all approachable and work along our philosophy to provide an excellent service to our clients, they have embraced our billing system and work closely with us to resolve claims in both a pragmatic and commercial way.’
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Jonathan specialises in dealing with claims with a financial services or management liability element. He has particular expertise in policy coverage matters. He also regularly assists underwriters with the drafting of policy wording and advises insurers on strategy and risk management across professional indemnity books of business. Jonathan is head of Browne Jacobson’s Financial & Professional Risks Group in Exeter, London and Nottingham, which comprises 12 Partners, 16 Solicitors and 8 Legal Assistants. He is one of Browne Jacobson’s leading partners for insurance coverage disputes. He advises on both primary layer and excess layer insurance matters. His coverage work has arisen primarily out of professional negligence matters but he has also received notable instructions in the context of product liability, property, public liability and employers’ liability covers. He spends the majority of his time providing strategic advice to one of Browne Jacobson’s most significant clients, Hiscox Insurance Co Ltd. As part of his role as the partner with key responsibility for managing that client relationship Jonathan also takes responsibility for the delegated authority claims handling schemes that we successfully run for Hiscox in relation to many hundreds of professional liability and employment practices liability claims.
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Jonathan Newbold