Stephen Tester
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Insurance and reinsurance group.
Position
Partner specialising in insurance work with a particular emphasis on construction (all risks and professional indemnity), and corporate insurance (directors and officers liability and mergers and acquisitions support products). Provides advice on coverage issues, on claims against professionals and on the insurance provisions of construction contracts; also an active mediator. On the claims side, Stephen places a heavy emphasis on the resolution of cases, if possible before litigation commences; for that reason many of the cases in which he has been involved have not entered the public arena and are confidential. Stephen was, however, the project insurer’s lawyer on the Heathrow Expressway collapse and on the Anatolian Highway collapse and is currently advising on issues arising out of the MRT tunnel collapse in Singapore in April 2004. He is responsible (with partner Martin Fox) for the running of in excess of 100 current professional indemnity claims for construction professionals and company directors. On the non-contentious side Stephen advised on the insurance arrangements for the Project Boomer transaction (which was awarded the public/private finance most innovative PFI project over £10m award for 2001) and for Metronet’s bid for the PPP concession to run two-thirds of the London Underground network.
Career
Articled Joynson Hicks & Co; qualified 1981; partner Cameron Markby Hewitt (now CMS Cameron McKenna LLP) 1988; CEDR accredited mediator; various lectures and articles on insurance topics.
Education
King’s College School, Wimbledon; Cambridge University (1978 MA).
Practice Areas
Arbitration, ADR, mediation; Litigation - insurance/reinsurance; Professional negligence
