Mills & Reeve LLP’s Leeds team, led by Neil Howes and Liam Burnett, focuses on insurance disputes backed by professional indemnity and D&O policies. The team has a strong reputation for handling complex professional negligence claims across the legal, construction, and accounting sectors. Both practice heads have extensive experience in the field, with Howes specialising in defending legal and construction professionals, and Burnett in defending accountants, brokers, and solicitors. The team also benefits from the recent addition of Laura Johnson, enhancing its capacity for handling high-value disputes.
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‘A very cohesive firm with excellent collaboration and liaison between the different levels of seniority of fee earner.’
- 'Their strength lies in the width and depth of their experience in the professional negligence field generally and their ability to apply specialist knowledge and experience to the particular problem at hand.'
- 'Liam Burnett - He is sharp and incisive in his approach to litigation and cuts very quickly to the core of a dispute. He has the ability to identify his opponents' weak points but also to find a route to resolution in complex cases.’
‘The team I deal with are absolutely fantastic. They explain current position and nest steps very clearly and succinctly, regardless of the complexity of a matter.'
‘Neil Howes and the team are brilliant. They have the patience of saints, but maintain amazing sense of humour and are always calm and collected, which has a great effect if you're a client and worried about a situation. You just know you're in great hands. They are fabulous people to deal with.’
Key clients
- Travelers
- Pen Underwriting
- Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund
- Markel
- Axis Speciality SE
- WRB Underwriting
- AM Trust
- Tokio Marine HCC
- Accredited Insurance (Europe) Ltd
- IGI Insurance
- Manchester Underwriting Management
- Arch
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Liam Burnett
Practice head
Neil Howes; Liam Burnett
Other key lawyers
Laura Johnson