Profile
Work Department
Position
Partner - Specialty Core
Career
Anne-Marie is a Partner based at Weightmans’ Newcastle office, who specialises in defending professional indemnity claims against a range of professionals. She has 30 years of experience of advising both insurers and their insured professional clients in this field.
Anne-Marie is regularly instructed in relation to claims against traditional professionals, such as architects, engineers, design and build contractors, approved inspectors, cladding designers, asbestos surveyors, building surveyors, solicitors and accountants.
She has also advised in relation to claims arising from emerging professions, such as heritage consulting, process serving, recruitment consulting and interior designing and has experience of criminal proceedings brought against a professional client. In addition to defending claims brought against professionals, Anne-Marie advises on coverage matters
Anne-Marie is recommended by the Legal 500 as one of only three Leading Individuals in the North and as one of only five practitioners in Chambers and Partners for the North East and Yorkshire region. She has acquired a reputation for hard work, attention to detail, and excellent client service delivery.
She is an accredited Mediator and has successfully conducted many mediations.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘We have used Tom Thurlow and he and his team have demonstrated themselves to be market-leading authorities on specialist areas of law, including building control and regulatory matters emerging from the Grenfell inquiry. Their support and expert technical advice have been invaluable and well beyond the competition.’
‘The professional negligence team at Weightmans, Newcastle, have extensive experience amongst themselves and are really great at what they do. They are proactive, reliable and really friendly - definitely rated by us as a client!’
‘Amy Nesbitt is a stand-out individual with expertise in construction claims. She is equally great on both defence and coverage.'
'The team has exceptional strength in depth.'
Key clients
- Hiscox Underwriting Limited
- Hamilton Managing Agency Limited
- Axis Specialty Europe SE
- Star Stone Insurance SE
- CNA Insurance Company Limited
- Tokio Marine HCC
- Nexus Claims Management Services Limited