We are recognised for our focus on exposures for new and emerging professions

Our emerging professions liability team is at the forefront of assisting our insurer clients in product development and policy drafting and have developed genuine expertise in this sector. We recognise the growing importance of this sector for insurers and have responded to market needs with innovative, commercially sound solutions to new claims and their processes.

We have experience handling individual claims and scheme work for insurers regarding a wide range of professionals including charities/ associations, designers, educational consultants, management consultants, mortgage administrators, marketing professionals and will writers.

Our team understands that professions considered as emerging in one jurisdiction may be well established in another. We therefore draw on our deep rooted sector knowledge from our international network and understanding of local customs to guide insurers through these issues.

Our Emerging Professions Work

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  • UK & Europe
  • Breach of copyright claims

    Claims for breach of copyright by companies where a Web developer has used copyrighted images when designing a website without paying the appropriate licence fee

    Claims for repayment of fees due to dissatisfactory work

    Claims for repayment of fees where the work done by the Insured has proved to be of a dissatisfactory quality

    Community care and development industries advice

    Advising fostering and adoption charities and residents associations, including in relation to service charge and injury claims.

    Copyright infringement claims

    Claims for infringement of copyright and designs rights where it was alleged that the website designed by the Insured was similar to that of the claimant

    Failed installation of new IT system

    Failure by an IT systems installation expert to install a new IT system for a firm of solicitors that was 'fit for purpose'

    Failed software programme by IT programmer

    Failure by an IT programmer to provide a software programme which provided a contact management system for their client

    Negligence claims alleging incorrect coding of website shopping cart

    Claims for negligence where the Insured had failed to correctly code the shopping cart on a website used for the sale of the claimants' product, resulting in items being purchased for a quarter of the price

    Professional recruitment claims

    Advising on claims arising out of the supply of individuals to professional firms and companies, and representing a recruitment industry lobbying group

    Website created by IT website developer failing client's specifications

    Failure by an IT website developer to create a bespoke website in accordance with the specifications requested by the client

  • Advising a large corporate in relation to a stress at work/protection from harassment claim

    Successfully defended a notable and valuable stress at work/protection from harassment claim on behalf of a large corporate entity resulting in nil damages and substantial recovery of defence costs.

    United Kingdom

    Advising the ABI and its members in relation to defending mesothelioma claims

    Providing strategic advice to the ABI and its members following the MoJ consultation into mesothelioma claims.

    United Kingdom

    Court of Appeal case involving a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder claim

    Acting on behalf of Ladbrokes in the recent Court of Appeal case of Nicholls v Ladbrokes (2013) ECWA Civ 1963, a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder case involving allegations of negligence and breach of statutory duty following an armed robbery.

    United Kingdom

    Marian Holloway v Tyne Thames Technology Ltd

    We successfully defended the Defendant in the case of Marian Holloway v Tyne Thames Technology Ltd, in which a UK court considered de minimis issues in a noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) case. This was a significant and positive decision for insurers continuing to face an unprecedented surge in deafness claims.

    United Kingdom

    Mesothelioma Trigger Litigation in the Supreme Court

    Acting on behalf of a Local Authority in the Mesothelioma Trigger Litigation in the Supreme Court leading to a successful judgment that policies of Employers liability insurance will respond for injuries sustained or contracted at the date of inhalation of asbestos. BAI (Run Off) Limited (In Scheme of Arrangement) v Durham [2012] UKSC 14.

    United Kingdom

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Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor

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Philip Evans
Philip Evans

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Louisa Robbins
Louisa Robbins

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Anthony Brown
Anthony Brown

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