Mr Niall Innes > Mills & Reeve LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
No.1 Circle Square
3 Symphony Park
MANCHESTER
M1 7FS
England
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Mr Niall Innes

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 partners)Mills & Reeve LLP houses an ‘outstanding‘ practice which acts on behalf of a wide array of legal and construction professionals, and financial advisers. The group also handles a range of inter-insurer disputes and policy coverage matters, in addition to advising insurance brokers as policy holders. The ‘exceptional‘ Niall Innes leads the firm’s insurance group, acting in civil claims and disciplinary proceedings against barristers, solicitors, and licensed conveyancers. Construction specialist Ben Hardiman co-leads the team handling an increasing number of cladding related claims, often defending architects, engineers and contractors. Emma Harrison acts for a varied client list of barristers, solicitors, and insurance brokers.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners North West > Insurance > Professional negligence
- Professional negligence North West > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Public sector > Education
- Public sector > Health
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Construction