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LINCOLN'S INN
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Roger Franklin
Work Department
Head of Insurance Litigation
Position
Roger practises in Commercial Litigation, specialising in Insurance law and heads up the Insurance Litigation Group.
He qualified in 1999 and became a partner in 2005. He has acted on disputes in the UK, Europe and the United States. He has represented both claimants and defendants in a wide variety of commercial insurance matters, including professional negligence, directors’ and officers’ liability, shareholder claims and general liability and coverage disputes.
Roger also represents financial services professionals on discrete aspects of the regulatory regime, and acts for firms and individuals in the course of FCA investigations and enforcement proceedings.
Career
Maislish & Co; joined Edwin Coe upon qualification 1999; partner 2004.
Languages
Spanish.
Memberships
British Insurance Law Association; Human Rights Lawyers’ Association; London Solicitors Litigation Association, The Law Society.
Education
Hermitage Academy, Scotland; London University (BA Hons); College of Law, Guildford.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Professional negligence
Edwin Coe LLP predominately acts for claimants against insurance companies and professional indemnity insurance brokers. Roger Franklin leads the insurance litigation team with experience advising on cross-border claims, including disputes in Europe and the US. Described as ‘a great lawyer’, Nicola Maher represents policy holders across various sectors, such as the retail, hospitality, manufacturing, and real estate industries. Michael Whitton has retired from practice.
London > Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
Edwin Coe LLP advises on a range of insurance matters, with a recent focus on COVID-19-related business interruption claims and advising several policyholder groups regarding the FCA test case. The team is led by Roger Franklin, who acts on a variety of non-marine, commercial insurance matters including professional negligence, directors and officers, shareholder claims and general liability and coverage disputes, as well as being at the forefront of business interruption claims. Nicola Maher acts across numerous sectors with particular expertise in relation to substantial property damage and business interruption claims arising from fire, flooding, design defects, cyber losses and COVID-19.
Lawyer Rankings
- Insurance litigation: for policyholders London > Insurance
- Professional negligence London > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Real estate > Residential property
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Senior executives
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration