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Keoghs LLP

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The offering at Keoghs LLP is based across Liverpool, Bolton, and Coventry, and the team focuses predominantly on defending its well-known company and insurer clients in complex and catastrophic loss cases, as well as in fraud and abuse contexts. ‘Standout performer’ Mark Whalley is experienced in representing insurer clients in RTAs as well as in employer and public liability-related accidents. Mike Pope is well-regarded for his ’exceptional knowledge’ of PI, with expertise in polytrauma and brain injury matters; Pope notably represented Hastings Insurance in securing the dismissal of a £6.6m fundamental dishonesty claim. The ‘outstanding’ Emma Spencer has expertise in handling RTA-related catastrophic injury cases, while Lauranne Nolan has a safeguarding specialism. Damian Ward has a motor and fraud focus, Peter Kenworthy is a disease expert, Ian Carroll focuses on abuse claims (including historical) of the utmost sensitivity, acting for clients ranging from religious organisations to charities, and Gary Herring has a credit hire focus; the four co-head the practice alongside Andy Smith, Ken Young, and Andrew Evans.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

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  • ‘The Keoghs team is exceptional. A group of partners with immense experience and commercial awareness leading a team of associates who explore every aspect of their cases, they deliver consistently strong results for their insurer clients. The team proactively seeks to build relationships with individual claimants and claimant solicitors so that cases can be steered to a positive conclusion at the earliest possible stage, but when a robust defence is called for they are able to deliver it!’

  • ‘Emma Spencer is outstanding. Everything you want in a defendant lawyer - commercially aware, knowledgeable, client-focused, sensitive to the position of claimants and astute. Mark Whalley is always focused on the important aspects of each case. Kate Scholefield is everything you want, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of every case she works on and an ability to focus on the important aspects of them.’

Key clients

  • Esure
  • Allianz

Work highlights

Represented Allianz in a case regarding the need to raise the issue of impecuniosity pre-litigation.