Indemnity Legal
James Morris leads the team at specialist policyholder insurance practice Indemnity Legal, a team which is praised as ‘fantastic’ and ’very knowledgeable and pragmatic‘. It focuses on complex, high value and high stakes work, and has notable experience dealing with Covid-19 business interuption claims. John Curran is ’an excellent technical lawyer’, and is qualified in both England & Wales and Hong Kong.
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- ‘Indemnity Legal has a unique practice dealing only in claims against insurers, particularly D&O insurance. They are fantastic at what they do, very knowledgeable and pragmatic.’
‘Both James Morris and John Curran are first rate insurance lawyers with a vast amount of experience acting for policyholders’
‘John Curran is excellent and provides practical and commercially sensible advice.’
‘James Morris is excellent both in terms of his technical knowledge but also his commercial approach to cases.’
‘The team as a whole, without exception are incredibly approachable and commercial. Above all they know our industry inside out.’
‘James Morris is one of the most dynamic, business-minded lawyers I've come across. He various experiences in-house and in private practice means he really gets insurance and how to resolve disputes.'
- 'John Curran is an excellent technical lawyer and is a wonderful addition to the firm.’
‘James Morris is our principal contact and go to person. His knowledge of the insurance market is incomparable and yet he is very down to earth in his advice. He is a stand out practitioner in the field.’
Work highlights
- Advising an action group of 25 independent schools in respect of a complex coverage dispute with their business interruption insurer (a large US insurer) arising from COVID-19 losses.
- Advising the administrator of a large UK SIPP administrator on the pursuit of professional indemnity coverage for negligence claims of c.£80m.
- Advising the employee of a UK listed entity on the recovery of multi-million pounds of defence costs under his employer’s D&O policy following his prosecution for fraud by the Serious Fraud Office.
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James Morris