Doré Green > 2 Temple Gardens > London, England > Barrister Profile

2 Temple Gardens
TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 9AY
England
Doré Green photo

Work Department

Insurance & Reinsurance, Professional Negligence, Property Damage

Position

Property damage and professional indemnity, in particular construction professionals, brokers’ negligence and utilities; commercial insurance and product liability, in particular complex claims, coverage and indemnity, with a heavy insurance-based practice.

Career

Recent cases include Balls Pond Securities v. Envirocure and others [2016] EWHC 181 (TCC) (fire/causation); The Worshipful Company of Grocers v. Keltbray Group Holdings Ltd. [2016] EWHC 1167 (QB) (collapse/vibrational damage); Cooperative Group Ltd. v. Birse Construction and others [2014] EWHC 530 (TCC) (professional indemnity/ground stability); Wynnstay v Heygate (product liability/animal feed stuffs); Ali and others v Oakfield Developments (Yorkshire) Ltd (catastrophic slope failure); Crossley and others v Roch Valley Developments (catastrophic slope failure); Gemini Riteway v Lonsdale and others (broker’s negligence/policy coverage in primary and excess layer insurance).

Memberships

COMBAR, PNBA, LCLCBA, TECBAR

Education

Pembroke College, Oxford University (1989 MA); City University, London (1992 Dip Law Distinction); Council of Legal Education (1993 Bar Finals Hardwicke Scholar).

Leisure

Mountaineering with notable first ascents in the wider ranges.

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3

Doré Green2 Temple GardensDoré is meticulous in his preparation with a scientific and forensic approach and provides excellent advice in relation to highly technical insurance and property damage disputes.’   

London Bar > Professional negligence

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3

Doré Green2 Temple Gardens ‘Doré is meticulous in his preparation and provides first-class advice on highly technical disputes.’

2 Temple Gardens has experience bringing and defending claims against a variety of professional such as surveyors, architects, solicitors, and construction professionals. Charles Dougherty KC successfully represented a silk against allegations of negligence and costs fraud. Led by Dougherty, Timothy Killen is instructed to act for a large retail group in the Middle East in a claim against insurance brokers for business interruption losses arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Doré Green regularly handles professional liability cases arising within the construction sector; he recently acted in the case of London Borough of Hillingdon v Paradigm Homes and Others, which concerned the development and fire safety strategy of Packet Boat House.