Insurance and reinsurance

Suzanne has significant and detailed knowledge of insurance and reinsurance law. She is a safe pair of hands and hugely reliable. She is a popular senior junior and she is very approachable to boot. She is able to distill and unpack the most complicated cases and she provides clear and intelligible written advice. Suzanne is excellent on her feet in court and is equally at ease cross-examining witnesses as she is advancing legal arguments. She has a keen eye for detail and thinks quickly on her feet.

William Clerk

Very responsive, user-friendly, and a pleasure to deal with. Good at getting to the bottom of tricky legal issues.

Benjamin Coffer

Quadrant Chambers

Daniel Corteville

Exceptionally smart and detail-oriented. Very responsive and helpful.

Daniel Crowley

First class.

Nick Daly

Excellent drafting skills and a pleasure to work with.

Stephen Du

Twenty Essex

Joseph England

Quadrant Chambers

Joseph delivers first-class service alongside excellent legal analysis. He is highly responsive, approachable, and takes the time to understand both the granular detail and commercial context of the dispute, ensuring advice is both practical and outcome-focused. Joseph has done an excellent job of steering this matter through the claim cycle, advising on both legal merits and strategy. I would not hesitate to recommend him for further complex disputes.

Lucas Fear-Segal

Industrious; always ready to assist with difficult cases. Great on the details, articulate and persuasive in oral submissions.

Julian Field

Julian is highly knowledgeable and a safe pair of hands. His technical expertise and meticulous attention to detail consistently stand out, giving clients confidence that matters are in capable hands.

Joshua Folkard

Twenty Essex

Josh is an excellent junior lawyer. He is very easy to work with and can assist and prepare opinions and pleadings with minimal input. I am extremely impressed with how his work has assisted the advancement of major insurance litigation.

Doré Green

Works as part of the team very well and leaves no stone unturned. Extremely detail-focused.

Michele De Gregorio

Attention to detail, the ability to think beyond the page and identify key themes both for the technical arguments and the practical logistics of settlement.

Michal Hain

Twenty Essex

Michal's greatest strength is his incredible intellectual ability. He has a computer-like brain that can produce devastating arguments. A real star in the making.

Emma Hilliard

Rebecca Jacobs

Rebecca is intelligent and her written pleadings are of high quality. She has a good eye for identifying the strengths and weaknesses in her own case and that of her opponent. She is hard-working and responsive.

Anthony Jones

Susannah is the perfect junior barrister. She knows every detail backwards. She is diligent, efficient, and totally reliable. A pleasure to have on any team.

Susannah Jones

Twenty Essex

Max Kasriel

Max has excellent instincts - well above his years of call. Already a star and a supernova in the making.

Simon Kerry

Simon was a joy to work with. Extremely user-friendly, bright, and understood the client's commercial objectives completely. I'd have no hesitation in instructing him again on the right case.

Diarmuid Laffan

Diarmuid is an incisive junior, a great communicator with a wide breadth of expertise that he delivers on. He is consistently good with both lay and professional clients.

James Medd

James is a detail-oriented person, and his early assessment of a case is invariably correct! He is approachable and willing to listen to alternative points of view.

David Myhill

David advocates highly effectively, thinking quickly on his feet to respond to challenges and to articulate key aspects for judges. He provides clear, swift, and helpful advice that puts his clients in the strongest position possible at the earliest opportunities. David is friendly to work with, and when this is combined with his acumen, it results in him being well-liked by his clients.

Martyn Naylor

Rani Noakes

Rani is a brilliant junior. She is a great team player, hardworking, produces excellent pleadings and advice, and is wise beyond her years. I would strongly recommend her.

Richard Sage

Knowledge of FCA practice and day-to-day approach is very strong.

Theodor van Sante

3 Verulam Buildings

Ben Smiley

Ben is an excellent junior. He is very detailed in his approach, leaving no stone unturned, while at the same time taking a commercial approach to the matter.

Peter Stevenson

Quadrant Chambers

Fantastic, can't praise him highly enough, good-humored, dedicated, and extraordinarily hard-working.

Carl Troman

Carl Troman has a first-class intellect, practical approach, tactical nous, and finally a pleasure to work with. Simply top-notch. On advocacy, his intellect shines through such that he commands respect and attention.

Frederick Alliott

Fred is a fine advocate and presents his oral arguments commendably well.

Tom Asquith

Tom Asquith provides high-quality advice that is both legally rigorous and strategically astute. He has an excellent ability to master complex factual and technical material and to identify the issues that genuinely matter. At a hearing, he is calm, authoritative, and highly effective, dealing confidently with judges and difficult opponents alike. He can present arguments with clarity and precision and adapt well to judicial questioning.

Theo Barclay

Ian Bergson

Outstanding. Always available and happy to assist.

John Bignall

John's unparalleled ability to read and digest vast quantities of complex information and provide sound, strategic advice in a short space of time is one of his greatest strengths. He has a keen eye for detail. John's oral submissions are always articulate and well thought through. He says nothing that does not need to be said.

Joshua Brown

Niamh Cleary

Steven Coles

Great attention to detail, great with clients and technically excellent.

Ivor Collett

Sarah Cowey

Sarah drafts beautifully with a flawless analysis - and at speed! Sarah is devilishly clever with a towering intellect, but remains very user-friendly, super-responsive, and a team player.

Sophia Dzwig

3 Verulam Buildings

She is incredibly thorough, with fantastic attention to detail.

Max Evans

Max is a fantastic barrister and an excellent team member. He produces high-quality work incredibly fast, and his ability to see the key points is outstanding. A real asset to any team!

George Eyre

George is an impressive barrister who combines strong legal knowledge with a pragmatic and commercial approach. He is consistently responsive and accessible, providing clear, strategic advice that is tailored to the client's objectives and the realities of the dispute. He presents exceptionally well, both in conference and in written work, and inspires confidence through his calm, measured manner. He is well prepared and focused on the key issues, while his ability to identify practical solutions and develop effective litigation strategy adds significant value.

Douglas Grant

Doug is a resourceful, calm, and thoughtful barrister.

John Greenbourne

Michael Harper

Michael Harper of Crown Office Chambers is exceptionally knowledgeable and consistently impressive in his grasp of complex legal issues. He combines a forensic attention to detail with a second-to-none understanding of procedure, making him a trusted and authoritative adviser in challenging matters. Equally, he is a pleasure to work with—friendly, approachable, and always pragmatic in his approach.

Jack Harris

Jack Harris has a depth of experience across a range of practice areas, which means he is brilliant in insurance work. He can call on this cross-sector knowledge to deliver advice that is sensible and realistic, but delivered in a charming manner that instills the client with the utmost confidence.

Miles Harris

Miles is very calm and authoritative and is a pleasure to work with. He drafts skillfully and has keen commercial awareness. He is very good with clients.

George Hilton

Monckton Chambers

Very enjoyable to work with. Works very well collaboratively with our team. Rises to the challenge when faced with very complex issues.

Edward Ho

Brick Court Chambers

Very sharp - he is able to cut through complex voluminous material to the key issues. His advocacy - both written and oral - is very strong: he is concise and persuasive. He works quickly and is highly responsive. A pleasure to work with and deserves to go far.

Seohyung Kim

Well-reasoned and presented advice, which is thoroughly considered.

Kate Livesey

Kate is an excellent lawyer with an encyclopedic knowledge of insurance and reinsurance law (as evidenced by her instructions in the war risks claims). Her advocacy is very polished and there are few who can put an argument on construction as well as she does.

Patrick Maxwell

Patrick is incredibly approachable and great to work with. He gets to the nub of the issue efficiently and has a very commercial approach. He is a pleasure to work with, and you know you'll receive excellent advice when working with him. He has an unflappable demeanor that puts lawyers and clients at ease, and you know you're getting the very best. He is someone I will instruct over and over, as I trust that he will do an incredible job.

John Meredith-Hardy

Farrar's Building

John has the enviable ability to digest substantial information and distill it into a clear structure and practical strategy without missing any detail whatsoever. John's pragmatic and level-headed approach is precisely what is required.

Ralph Morley

Ralph is outstanding in all aspects of his work. He has an incredible eye for detail and his work ethic is unparalleled. His mind is incredibly sharp and well-organised, and his advocacy is understated but utterly convincing. He is a future star of the commercial bar.

Peter Oliver

Rowan is a top advocate. He is comfortable acting against senior silks. His manner is very good and his grasp of the law is impressive.

Rowan Pennington-Benton

3 Hare Court

Benjamin Phelps

Benjamin is a highly intelligent lawyer. He has good instincts and excellent attention to detail. He really enjoys black letter law, but combines this with a pragmatic approach.

Richard Sarll

Quentin Tannock

Adam Turner

Adam's ability to listen, understand, synthesize, and advocate on complex insurance coverage issues after a short period of time working on a case is remarkable. He is a great listener because he genuinely respects others' perspectives, which makes it a pleasure to work with him.

Jessica van der Meer

Jessica is instructed because of her depth of experience, her intellect, and her effectiveness - she continues to be instructed by those clients because of her exceptional judgment and skill. Jessica is an absolute pleasure to work with.

Emma Catia Walker

Emma is an incredibly sharp barrister. She grapples with the issues with ease and is extremely personable. She is able to find solutions for, by way of example, procedural issues, without great exposure (costs or otherwise) to clients, and she is able to work to very tight deadlines.

Helena White

I worked with Tom Wood on a number of substantial business interruption insurance claims arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, acting for museums, galleries, and other cultural institutions. Tom was part of the counsel team led by Tony Singla KC and consistently provided thoughtful, commercially focused advice. He demonstrated a strong grasp of complex insurance coverage issues and was able to distill difficult points into clear, practical guidance for clients. Tom was highly responsive, well prepared, and a pleasure to work with throughout. He combines strong technical ability with sound judgment and a collaborative approach. He made a valuable contribution to achieving positive outcomes for our clients in challenging and fast-moving matters.

Tom Wood

Brick Court Chambers

Louis Zvesper

Rising stars

Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.

Mariusz Rumun