Neil Davies > Mills & Reeve LLP > Norwich, England > Lawyer Profile
Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
1 St James Court
WHITEFRIARS
NORWICH
NR3 1RU
England
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Neil Davies
Work Department
Insurance.
Position
Neil specialises in acting for insurers and insured professional clients in the defence of professional negligence claims. He has experience in acting for a broad range of professionals, and has a particular interest in claims relating to construction professionals, and insurance brokers. His reported cases include (1) Pearson Education v The Charter Partnership [2005] EWHC 655 (QB) (first instance); [2007] BLR 324 (Court of Appeal); and (2) Daniels v Thompson [2004] EWCA Civ 307. Neil has joint responsibility for managing the insurance practice based in the East of England. He is also the partner responsible for insurance work relating to construction professionals and insurance brokers in the East of England.
Career
Trained Davies, Parsons & Co; qualified 1995; joined Mills & Reeve 2003, became associate 2009, partner 2013 to date.
Memberships
The Chartered Insurance Institution.
Education
Graig Comprehensive, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire; Anglia Polytechnic University (1991 LLB (Hons)); Glamorgan Polytechnic (1995 LPC (Commendation)).
Leisure
Watching and coaching rugby.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Insurance > Professional negligence
(Leading individuals)Mills & Reeve LLP
has a specialist professional indemnity, insurance and financial disputes practice based in Norwich, which demonstrates ‘a thoroughly professional approach to the complexity that is modern litigation‘. The firm acts for financial and accounting, construction and clinical professionals, as well as brokers. It also provides in-depth advice on coverage and policies. Practice head Neil Davies and consultant Stephen King are the main contacts, while senior associates Matthew Wilson and Sophie Briggs, and manager of the claims handling unit Sue Surridge play key roles in the practice. They count Countrywide, Travelers, Aviva Life & Pensions and Key Group among their clients.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Insurance > Professional negligence
- Professional negligence East Anglia > Insurance
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