The ‘highly capable’ professional negligence practice at CMS has demonstrable strength in handling complex professional indemnity claims across the construction sector, while renewable energy sector work is another key area of focus for the team. Graeme MacLeod routinely handles claims against solicitors and co-heads the defender-focused team with Harriet Munro, an ’experienced and extremely competent’ litigator, who is dual qualified in Scotland and England & Wales and frequently acts for insurance brokers, accountants and media professionals. ‘Tenacious’ senior associate Rowena Williams is another key member of the team.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Harriet Munro is an experienced and extremely competent partner able to deal with complex construction professional indemnity claims.'
- 'Harriet Munro is ably assisted by Rowena Williams, a senior associate, who has a remarkable ability to digest difficult technical issues with ease.’
Key clients
- QBE
- Markel International
Work highlights
- Defended a high-profile claim brought by a football club against the club’s former joint administrators. The claim related to the conduct of the administration of the club with an allegation that the club was undervalued in its eventual sale in 2012.
- Acting for the defender, a global firm of engineers, on a high-profile dispute concerning the impact of remediation of brownfield sites. The case is a multi-party test case and one of the first class actions heard in the Court of Session with several other claims depending on the outcome of this one.