Neil Howes > Mills & Reeve LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
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Neil Howes
Work Department
Insurance.
Position
Neil rejoined Mills & Reeve in 2010 and became a partner in 2011. He heads up the Leeds part of the firm’s insurance disputes group which has undergone a rapid rate of expansion over the last three years. Neil specialises in defending professional negligence claims on behalf of insurers and their insureds. He acts for a wide range of professionals including lawyers and professionals in the construction industry. Over the past year, he has acted in connection with a number of high profile, multi-million pound claims. He has extensive experience of claims involving fraud and of both making and defending applications for injunctions (including asset freezing and search and seizure orders).
Career
Trained Browne Jacobson; qualified 1999; solicitor Mills & Reeve 2001-03; Walker Morris 2003-10 (appointed director 2009); Mills & Reeves 2010 to date (appointed partner 2011).
Memberships
Leeds Law Society.
Education
St John’s College (University of Durham) 1995 LLB Hons Law; College of Law (Chester) 1996 LPC.
Leisure
Following Nottingham Forest FC; archery; hill walking.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Insurance > Professional negligence
(Leading Individuals)Mills & Reeve LLP
is regularly instructed by major insurers to defend claims, with a particular focus on mandates revolving around legal professionals; the ‘technically very strong‘ team is also active in relation to the construction sector, finance professionals, and insurers’ own liabilities, the team being able to draw on the wider firm’s strengths in family, construction, and tax to advise on the liabilities of this diverse client base. Neil Howes heads the Leeds-based practice, with an established track record for defending solicitors and barristers and developing experience in the construction and technology spaces. Liam Burnett and associate Giverny Wroe are likewise recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading Individuals Yorkshire and the Humber > Insurance > Professional negligence
- Professional negligence Yorkshire and the Humber > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Education
- Public sector > Health
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition