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DAC Beachcroft LLP

85 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON, EC3V 0AA, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7936 2222
Fax:
Fax 020 7936 2020
Web:
www.dacbeachcroft.com
Email:

Nick Young

Tel:
Work +44 20 7293 4278
Email:
DAC Beachcroft LLP

Work Department

Property, construction and energy insurance.

Position

Head of property, construction and energy insurance group; wide spectrum of insurance-related litigation matters including coverage disputes, third-party recovery actions, reinsurance disputes (notably in South America), product liability and professional indemnity cases both UK and international; noted for acting on behalf of insurers (both company market and Lloyd’s) in high-profile suspected fraudulent claims.

Career

Articled G L Hockfield & Co; qualified 1990; partner Davies Arnold Cooper 1996; lectures regularly both in-house and at professionally organised conferences on a variety of insurance-related issues notably coverage issues/handling fraudulant insurance claims as well as being regularly invited to comment on such topics to the media. Visiting professor to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centre, Georgia, USA in July 2003

Member

Committee member of the Arson Control Forum.

Education

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School; Polytechnic of the Southbank (LLB Hons).

Leisure

Sport, travel; family.

Practice Areas

Energy and natural resources; Fraud; Litigation - insurance/reinsurance

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