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Hannah Cane

Work Department
Insurance claims; Construction & Engineering
Position
Hannah is a partner in the insurance group. She is a professional indemnity and dispute resolution lawyer specialising in the defence of high value and complex claims against construction and property professionals, including contractors, architects, engineers, surveyors, planners, property managers and interior designers. She is head of the firm’s construction insurance practice, leading a team of experienced construction insurance lawyers across our national offices.
She acts for many of the major insurers regularly advises on policy coverage. She is a member of the British Property Federation’s Insurance Committee.
Hannah also has significant experience defending other professionals, in particular, solicitors, accountants, brokers and independent financial advisers.
The Legal 500 names Hannah as “tough yet commercially astute” and “incisive in her analysis” and that she “goes out of her way to put the clients’ needs at the heart of the excellent service she delivers”.
Career
Qualified 2001 with Barlow Robbins (then Barlows): joined Kennedys from Plexus in 2007; partner, Kennedys 2012; partner, Bond Dickinson 2014; partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP on combination 2017.
Memberships
British Property Federation’s Insurance Committee
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Professional negligence
Described as ‘an exceptionally skilled insurance litigator’, Sushma MacGeoch heads the insurance disputes team at Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP. In addition to advising on policy coverage issues, Hannah Cane also specialises in complex disputes involving construction and property professionals. Simon Beckwith has a wealth of experience defending pension professionals, investment advisors, and wealth managers. Tim Barr is a further standout member of the team, who regularly handles claims within the legal and financial sectors.
London > Real estate > Construction: contentious
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP‘s contentious construction practice regularly represents a wide range of clients in disputes against design and build contractors and architects. Key names in the London office include Hannah Gardiner, who handles TCC multiparty disputes, and Hannah Cane, who advises on design defects, notably for clients in the entertainment industry.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Health and safety
- Transport > Rail
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Public sector > Local government
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency