Edward Lewis > Weightmans LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Weightmans LLP Offices
THE HALLMARK BUILDING
105 FENCHURCH STREET
LONDON
EC1M 5JG
England
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Edward Lewis
Work Department
Professional indemnity.
Position
Head of construction risk and an integral member of Weightmans’ specialty insurance and construction group. Expert on claims across all classes of insurance affecting construction operations and under the major forms of building and engineering contract (including JCT, GC works, FIDIC, ICE, NEC, IChemE and ACE). Professional liability, D&C and coverage accounts for a large proportion of his practice, in particular claims against engineers (all disciplines), architects and design and build contractors; insurance coverage disputes for syndicates at Lloyds and the company market, as well as the preparation and interpretation of policy wordings; arbitration and adjudication; all forms of alternative dispute resolution (including mediation); claims for loss/expense arising from project delays and prolongation; performance bonds and warranties; property damage/business interruption; specialist sub-contract operations (including diamond drilling, piling, telecoms, chemical process plant and demolition); product liability; PFI/PPP; and procurement. Prominent work recently undertaken includes a product liability class action in the Republic of Ireland, tiered adjudications in respect of no less than 28 disputes arising out of the government Building Schools for the Future programme, and matters of jurisdiction and international law in the context of a cross-border insurance dispute. Publications: various in trade press, including ‘Post’, ‘Building’ and ‘Construction News’.
Career
Called to the Bar 2001; qualified as solicitor 2006; partner and head of construction, Squire & Co; partner Weightmans 2008, admitted to practice in the Republic of Ireland 2013.
Languages
German, French.
Memberships
Lincoln’s Inn; TeCSA (Technology & Construction Court Solicitors Association); CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators); SCL (Society of Construction Law).
Education
The Perse School, Cambridge (1996); Aston University (1999 Law 2(1)); Inns Of Court School of Law (2001 Bar Vocational Course).
Leisure
Music, opera, skiing, motor-racing, linguistics, diving, design and architecture, rugby and football.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Professional negligence
Weightmans LLP is a defendant focused firm which specialises in claims against professionals in the real estate, financial services, and insurance sectors. Team lead Quentin Fox has over thirty years of experience in defending claims in the construction sector, while James Denison specialises in the financial services and construction industries. Edward Lewis specialises in digital and data matters, including the area of cyber insurance.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Local government
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Transport > Travel
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Transport > Aviation
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Residential property
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Shipping
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Employers