England - North West • Dispute resolution
Markel Law LLP
The team at Markel Law LLP acts for clients with ‘a human touch and understanding’ with particular ’experience and working knowledge of insurance backed commercial litigation’. Mark Rankin leads the team, with ‘efficient, diligent, and on the ball’ Shazia Aslam playing a key role in the team. ‘Exceptional’ Sarah Hogan-Dempsey is a name to note.
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Testimonials
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‘Markel deal with a large case load of clients with the benefit of legal expense insurance. and the work they handle is diverse.'
‘Shazia Aslam is quick to act on advice, and quick to raise issues in appropriate ways. Jody Thomasson is also a clued up practitioner who can be trusted to getting things done properly and when needed.’
‘Markel's commercial litigation team has a depth in experience and working knowledge of insurance backed commercial litigation. They are highly regarded and specialist in their area. They have an acute dedication to client management.’
‘Sarah Hogan-Dempsey is exceptional. She well balances technical knowledge and know-how with a a client faced sympathetic approach.’
‘Shazia Aslam is superb. Very knowledgeable, focused and determined to deliver the best outcome for clients.’
‘Shazia Aslam is efficient, diligent, and on the ball.’
‘Sarah Hogan-Dempsey has been extremely helpful and ensures that points that claimants wish to raise are done so to the defendant with emphasis on issues that claimants really want to push.
- 'Sarah Hogan-Dempsey is well versed in her area of law and able to read the developing landscape taking political and legal changes and appetites into consideration and advising her clients accordingly.’
Key clients
- Federation of Small Businesses
- Markel (UK) Limited
- Markel Legal Expenses Insurance
- Markel International Insurance Company Limited
- Modular Garden Limited
- Blind Veterans UK
Work highlights
- Representing the claimant restaurant owner pursuing a loss of profit and property damage claim against its insurers following a serious fire.
- Pursing a claim, currently valued in excess of £300,000, against a Defendant local authority in relation to outstanding care fees owed to the client in relation to the care services provided to vulnerable service users.
- Defending a claim against an international hedge fund arising from a business email compromise. A client of the hedge fund acted on emails sent from the compromised account by the threat actor to transfer Bitcoins to a third party wallet from where they could not be recovered.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mark Rankin