Insurance & Compensation
Peace of mind is what insurance buys. This is a constantly changing area of law that often attracts unwanted media coverage.
To be liable to pay damages to another person because of negligence it needs to be established that there was an existence of a duty of care, a breach of that duty, and material damage as a consequence of the breach of duty. The common law provides compensation to persons injured as a result of negligence by another. It compensates for actual loss and does not treat everyone the same.
We advise our clients on many types of insurance such as professional indemnity, directors and officers, corporate, commercial, IT, product liability, medical negligence, compliance and industry specific such as pharmaceutical. Clients' circumstances and claims are rarely similar and we focus on understanding our client's industry to ensure that the solutions we advise are appropriate and strategically commercial.
Work undertaken includes formulation and design of policies, advice on drafting contracts and handling litigated claims such as resisting a claim for indemnity on the basis of fraudulent non-disclosure.
