Claire Cornish > Browne Jacobson LLP > Exeter, England > Lawyer Profile

Browne Jacobson LLP
Ground Floor
Keble House, Southernhay Gardens
EXETER EX1 1NT
EX1 1NT
England

Work Department

Business and Professional Risk

Position

Claire specialises in the defence of claims brought against a variety of professionals. She has extensive experience in defending solicitor negligence claims and advising professional indemnity insurers in respect of policy coverage issues.

Career

  • Bond Dickinson LLP: trainee with Bond Pearce 1998-2000; thereafter a solicitor progressing to Managing Associate, leaving May 2017

Education

  • Admitted as a solicitor September 2000
  • 1997 – 1998 – Exeter University (LPC: Merit)
  • 1996 – 1997 – Exeter University (Dip Law: Merit)
  • 1992 – 1995 – University of Wales (Geography: 2.1 Hons)

Lawyer Rankings

South West > Insurance > Professional negligence

Browne Jacobson LLP expanded its financial and professional risk practice in 2022 with the additions of legal director Danielle De Val and senior associate Joanne Lewis from Kennedys. Headed up by Gary Oldroyd, the practice specialises in advising solicitors, although its capabilities also extend to the construction and D&O spaces, among others. Claire Cornish is noted for her experience relating to policy coverage advice and the defence of solicitors against claims.