The practice at Weightmans LLP is considered a ‘leading force in insurance law’ by its clientele. The team’s extensive client list features well-known companies across various sectors, as well as insurer clients. Rebecca Blythe is experienced in catastrophic injury cases, including those surrounding brain and spinal injuries, amputations, and cases resulting from casualties and motor-related accidents. Peter Forshaw also handles casualty matters of significant complexity, including those pertaining to employer and product liability. David Holt boasts expertise in non-indemnity insurance work in particular. Forshaw and Holt oversee the practice alongside Rob Williams, Leeds-based Helen Brown, Chris Ball, disease claims specialist Graham Dean, and Kieran Jones. Will Quinn is recommended in the team and healthcare sector specialist James Hough is ’an expert in his field’. The practice was bolstered with the arrivals of Elizabeth Wallace and large loss specialist Luisa Lamb in June 2024 and, Lee Cook in January 2025. Unless otherwise specified, all mentioned are based in Liverpool.
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Testimonials
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‘Roddy MacLeod and Emma Cartwright are excellent solicitors who go above and beyond for their clients.’
‘Helen McCann is excellent.’
‘A very good team of very able individuals.’
‘The culture is friendly, supportive and approachable. The partners there are solid, reliable individuals who provide a very competent and unfussy service. I would pick out Elizabeth Wallace and Luisa Lamb.’
‘Luisa Lamb and Lee Cook are excellent at what they do, are highly experienced, and a pleasure to work with.’
‘Weightmans are a leading force in insurance law. Well-resourced with specialists in different fields, they are known for their incisiveness and lead the way in several areas of litigation.’
‘Rebecca Blythe is always very responsive and key to strategy meetings and negotiations.’
‘James Hough is exactly what you want. He is clearly vastly experienced, but is able to empathise with the client in a way a lot of external lawyers find more difficult. He provides realistic, succinct and useful advice. He has the appetite for a fight. He's an expert in his field.'
Key clients
- Zurich
- AIG Europe
- AXAXL Insurance
- PwC (Chester Street Holdings)
- Municipal Mutual Insurance
- Tesco Underwriting
- First Central Insurance
- InterEurope AG Insurance
- Covea Insurance
- Axis
- Octagon Insurance
- Travelers Insurance Co
Work highlights
Represented a gas supplier in respect of a multi-defendant, large group action arising out of an explosion causing multiple personal injuries and damage to a number of residential and commercial properties.
Acted for the Chief Constable, the successful appellant, in a case involving a claim for personal injury arising from detention by Essex Police.
Acting for a client in a number of matters that relate to a historic manufacturing industry where there is alleged exposure to excessive noise.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Rob Williams; Helen Brown; Chris Ball; David Holt; Peter Forshaw; Graham Dean; Kieran Jones
Other key lawyers
Roddy MacLeod; Emma Cartwright; Helen McCann; Elizabeth Wallace; Luisa Lamb; Lee Cook; Rebecca Blythe; James Hough; Will Quinn; Joanna Rees; Victoria Wright