Kathleen Atherton is an Insurance and Litigation Expert who specialises in professional indemnity claims. She is currently a Legal Director to Clyde & Co's national IFPD team and is based in Bristol.
Kathleen Atherton is an Insurance and Litigation Expert who specialises in professional indemnity claims. She is currently a Legal Director to Clyde & Co's national IFPD team and is based in Bristol.
Kathleen has been working as a solicitor in the professional indemnity insurance sector since 1995. She has extensive experience of handling claims against a wide range of professionals including solicitors, accountants, brokers, financial intermediaries, medical professionals and surveyors. She regularly advises on coverage disputes and has a particular interest in alternative dispute resolution. She combines technical expertise with commercial awareness to bring cases to efficient, pragmatic and cost effective resolution.
Specialties: Professional negligence and Insurance law. Coverage advice. Healthcare law and advice.
Experience
Specialist and pragmatic professional indemnity lawyer whose primary focus is on defending claims against solicitors, brokers, accountants, healthcare professionals and surveyors
Practised and skilled in the management and supervision of TPA schemes on behalf of insurers underwriting national and international professional risks
Regularly instructed to provide policy coverage advice
Wide-ranging experience of different methods of dispute resolution
Healthcare Advice: including but not limited to consent, capacity, data protection, Mental Health Act and regulatory proceedings, for both adults and children
Management of disclosure requests, including assisting the police and local authority on childcare and criminal proceedings
Responsible, commercially astute, open-minded, friendly and approachable
