Mr Niall Innes > Mills & Reeve LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

Mills & Reeve LLP
No.1 Circle Square
3 Symphony Park
MANCHESTER
M1 7FS
England

Position

Niall joined Mills & Reeve’s Manchester office as the Northern insurance team leader in January 2010 from Robin Simon LLP in Manchester. Niall took over from Liz Taylor and is responsible for the insurance teams in the Manchester and Leeds offices. Niall is experienced in all types of professional indemnity claims, including claims against solicitors, barristers, accountants, architects, engineers, brokers and IFAs. He deals with claims and regularly gives policy advice to insurers. Niall deals with disciplinary proceedings, and has considerable expertise in matters involving allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. He has acted in a number of claims against IT professionals, including claims brought in other jurisdictions. He has higher rights of audience in all civil courts.

Career

Trained Weightmans, Liverpool; qualified 1997. Trainee, solicitor, associate Weightmans 1995-2001; solicitor Hammonds 2001-03; associate, partner Weightmans 2003-07; partner Robin Simon LLP 2007-10; partner Mills & Reeve 2010 to date.

Memberships

Law Society; Manchester Law Society.

Education

Kesgrave High School, Ipswich (1987 O Levels); Farlingaye Sixth Form, Woodbridge (1987-89 A Levels); Humberside University (1989-90 accountancy foundation course credit ); University of Central Lancashire (1990-93 LLB Hons, 2:1); Bristol University (1993-94 LLM Commendation); Nottingham Trent University (1994-95 LPC credit).

Leisure

Cooking, socialising, family, driving his Morgan 4/4 and an old Landrover.

Lawyer Rankings

North West > Insurance > Professional negligence

(Leading individuals)

Niall InnesMills & Reeve LLP

Mills & Reeve LLP is well versed in defending legal professionals against negligence claims, with such cases making up a significant proportion of the practice’s workload. The firm also handles a high volume of claims against insurance brokers and construction professionals, as well as D&O claims. The practice is jointly led by Niall Innes, who specialises in defending legal professionals, including in disciplinary investigations by the BSB and SRA, and construction sector expert Ben Hardiman. Principal associates Emma Harrison and Sarah Rose are also key.