Neil Frankland > Mills & Reeve LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
78-84 COLMORE ROW
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2AB
England
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Neil Frankland
Work Department
Insurance (professional indemnity).
Position
Neil has a wide experience of acting for insurers, both in the company market and at Lloyds, in professional indemnity claims. His areas of specialism are insurance brokers and construction professionals (from main D and B contractors through to a wide range of associated consultants). Recent instructions involve complex high profile claims of significant value (in excess of £10m) relating to both brokers and also main contractors. Neil also has extensive experience in presenting on risk management in these sectors and providing added value service to clients, both professional and insurer. He has developed around him a team that is a ‘go to’ point of reference for brokers on all aspects of their profession and has worked with both sectors at driving professional standards and minimising risk.
Career
Trained FitzHugh Gates; qualified 1997; partner Mills & Reeve 2007 to present.
Memberships
The Chartered Insurance Institute; Society of Construction Law.
Education
University of Central Lancashire (1994 LLB (Hons) Law). College of Law, Chester.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Insurance > Professional negligence
Mills & Reeve LLP
has a stellar reputation for its handling of claims and coverage disputes in the professional indemnity insurance market. The large team consistently acts on multi-million pound claims against various professionals. Angus Turner 
focuses on solicitors’ negligence claims and related coverage advice. Neil Frankland has considerable expertise in construction and brokers’ negligence claims. David Gooding has an established practice acting in the defence of accountants and solicitors’ negligence claims and is regularly instructed to conduct policy coverage investigations for insurers. Lucy Howard leads on professional indemnity claims arising from trust, probate and private tax related matters and frequently acts for insurers and their insured firms.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction
- Public sector > Education
- Public sector > Health
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Banking and finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Real estate > Property litigation