Freeths LLP has significant experience acting for both claimants and insurers in professional negligence claims. The team in Oxford is headed up by Clare Bellis and Caroline Watson. Bellis is praised for being an ‘experienced litigator with a depth of expertise in both property/real estate litigation and professional negligence’, while Watson is recommended for cases within the financial sector. Managing partner Sarah Foster has more than two decades of experience advising on professional indemnity disputes; she is especially skilled at handling professional negligence claims relating to trusts and estates.
Testimonials
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‘They are one of the firms with national reach that can offer genuine professional negligence expertise in more significant disputes.’
‘Clare Bellis is a bright, experienced litigator with a depth of expertise in both property/real estate litigation and professional negligence. She's very easy to work with. She's committed to the case and willing to go the extra mile.’
- ‘Paul Brown is great. He's tough, sensible, friendly, calm.’
Work highlights
- Acting for a major professional indemnity insurer in relation to a series of subrogated recovery claims, arising from contractor negligence.
- Advising trustees of a substantial family trust who faced claims of negligent and/or fraudulent breach of trust in relation to their trust administration.
- Acting for the UK arm of a med-tech life science company in defending against claims for breach of contract with counterclaims including negligence for the tech company’s failure to perform services to a reasonable standard.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Clare Bellis, Caroline Watson