Commercial Insurance Litigation

We have an experienced Specialist Insurance Litigation team that deals exclusively with non-personal injury cases on behalf of insurers and some corporate clients.

Disputes are a fact of business life which, if poorly handled, can become a massive drain on your resources, in terms of both time and money.

How we can help

We are committed to finding the most practical solutions to satisfy your needs. Our structured dispute resolution approach is centred upon:

• Immediate acknowledgement and an early consideration of every case by experienced solicitors
• Setting an agreed strategy at the outset on how to best complete the case
• Clear, commercially astute advice on liability and quantum

Services

Irregular cases demand a comprehensive range of solutions. Our experienced, specialist team is dedicated to dealing with such cases, including:

• Product Liability Disputes
  • Indemnity/consideration of policy coverage
  • Sale of goods/consumer protection
  • Consideration of jurisdiction issues when pursuing parties based abroad
• Policy Disputes
  • Interpretation of policies and avoidance
  • Defending insurers against actions brought by policyholders
  • Quick, early advice on policy indemnity
• Goods in Transit
  • Domestic and international claims arising from land, sea, air and rail transit
  • Multi-model, multi-jurisdictional and multi-party claims
• Construction / Property Damage Claims
  • Environmental issues arising from property damage
  • Construction disputes
  • Subsidence, fire, floods, defective design, arson
• Negligence / Nuisance / Breach of Statutory Duty
  • Occupier's Liability Act, Defective Premises Act
  • Housing disrepair
    
• Recoveries
  • Recovering insurers' outlay
• Professional negligence

We also have a range of products, based on fixed fees, which tackle areas such as recoveries, policy indemnity advice and innocent purchasers.

Benefits

Our team is trained and experienced in all forms of dispute resolution, from traditional court litigation to alternative settlement methods such as mediation.

We actively promote Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) techniques and will always consider suitable avenues for ADR at the earliest opportunity. Two of our partners are trained mediators and we have concluded many successful mediations which have proved effective in resolving disputes more quickly than traditional methods. Consequently, disruption is minimised, third party and legal costs are reduced and relationships can be maintained.

However, if litigation is the most appropriate course of action, we will pursue the case with the required drive and vigour to obtain a successful outcome.

We have also received professional recognition. The commercial insurance litigation team is ranked by both the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession and Legal 500, who describe the team as ‘astute and constructive'. Head of the department Jonathan Lowe is personally ranked by Chambers and has also been listed in the Legal Experts directory since 2003.

For advice or further information about how we can help you please contact:
Matthew Rogers
Head of Commercial Litigation
Telephone 01204 677221
eMail mrogers@keoghs.co.uk