Specialising in providing insurance and professional indemnity advice to insurers, insured professionals and insurance brokers, Clyde & Co defends claims against a range of professionals, including solicitors, accountants, financial advisers, valuers and property agents. Anthony Brown, who leads the Newcastle-based team, is an expert in the field, and leverages the expertise in the firm's national network of offices to assist with the full spectrum of professional negligence work.
Professional negligence in North
Clyde & Co
Praxisleiter:
Anthony Brown
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‘Anthony Brown is a really good team player who manages all aspects of litigation very skilfully. Anthony is instructed by major national solicitors firms to defend cases brought against them.’
‘The team has a broad range of specialisms covered by a number of people so resource wise they are one of the main panel firms we and our insurer clients utilise. There is also a good spread of seniority which means there is usually an appropriate home for matters of all size.’
‘Anthony Brown is a stand-out individual. His attention to and grasp of detail is second-to-none. He has very good judgment.’
DAC Beachcroft LLP
Acting for brokers, insurers, solicitors, and professionals in the construction and real estate sectors and financial institutions, DAC Beachcroft LLP‘s professional and financial risk team offers advice on insurance issues and policy wording, and handles sensitive and substantial claims. Department head Paul Davison is a leading practitioner in the field, while Stephen McLellan advises insurers on domestic and cross-border disputes and specialises in construction and engineering disputes. With a similar practice to McLellan, senior associate Victoria Collins is a valuable member of the team, while legal director Gillian Burnett acts for London market insurers, defending claims brought against professionals, and also handles policy coverage issues.
Praxisleiter:
Paul Davison
Weitere Kernanwälte:
Stephen McLellan; Gillian Burnett; Victoria Collins
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‘The DACB Team in Newcastle has become a strong favourite of our team when looking to outside counsel for cost effective work on brokers’ negligence matters.’
‘Paul Davison has great practical industry knowledge and is fantastically pragmatic in directing the conduct of a case. While he applies his experience and leadership, he is also fantastic at brining together a team of appropriately qualified associates and at avoiding any duplication so to deliver performance advice.’
‘The team are top of their game in terms of current legislation and pragmatic approaches, on hand for any ad hoc guidance and also to provide a full trial litigation service. We have full confidence in this team and rely on their expertise regularly, so much so that they feel part of our in-house team. The best firm we have on our panel!’
Kernmandanten
Zurich Professional & Financial Lines
Markel (UK) Limited
Travelers Insurance Company
QBE European Operations FSM
AXA XL
CNA Hardy
Manchester Underwriting Management
Amtrust
MS Amlin
Global Risk Partners
Great Lakes
Highlight-Mandate
- Acting for MS Amlin in respect of substantial business interruption claims arising from the Covid 19 pandemic.
- Acting in multi-party TCC litigation (c.£9m) defending an insured Employer’s Agent on substantial defects claim.
- Retained by London market insurers advising upon policy coverage in relation to the long-term head injury claims in sport, including Rugby Union and professional football.
Weightmans
With a focus on construction-related work, such as cladding claims and defects claims, as well as asbestos-related matters, Weightmans’ team in Newcastle handles a range of advice. The department is led by Richard Palmer, and Anne-Marie Knight is a key contact for advising both insurers and insured professional clients, including contractors, heritage consultants and approved inspectors. Amy Nesbitt regularly acts in the defence of professional negligence matters, and Tom Thurlow. who ‘has great expertise in the construction industry and a calm approach to difficult issues’, was promoted to partner in May 2023. Other key members of the team are Katy Ames and Joseph Walton.
Praxisleiter:
Richard Palmer
Weitere Kernanwälte:
Anne-Marie Knight; Tom Thurlow; Joseph Walton; Amy Nesbitt; Katy Ames
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‘The team are fantastic, they provide support and their knowledge of our business enables them to give us the correct advice and steer.’
‘Tom Thurlow has great expertise in the construction industry and a calm approach to difficult issues.’
‘Tom Thurlow and team go above and beyond in their work dealing with us as a client, they have become our go-to advisers on anything we require solicitor guidance, and they also are always on hand when we need them.’
Kernmandanten
Hiscox Underwriting Limited
Hamilton Managing Agency Limited
Axis Specialty Europe SE
Star Stone Insurance SE
CNA Insurance Company Limited
Tokio Marine HCC
Nexus Claims Management Services Limited
Starr Underwriting Agents Limited