Joshua Levi Bahru

Full Profile

Joshua is an Associate based in the Edinburgh office working in the Insurance, Financial and Professional Disputes team since 2021. 

Joshua has extensive litigation experience in a wide variety of areas. Joshua specialises in dispute resolution as well as defending professionals in claims of professional negligence and contractual issues particularly in the construction, financial and engineering sectors. Joshua has experience of advising clients on pre-litigation matters with a view to avoiding protracted litigation. Joshua also has experience in insolvency as well as advising commercial clients on risk and debt realisation. 

Joshua regularly deals with high value cross-border jurisdictional disputes for both FTSE 100 commercial clients as well as acting for most insurers on complex multi-party disputes. 

Joshua also advises commercial clients and insurers on matters of coverage and contractual issues often involving complex matters. 

Experience

• Successfully defending a complex high value claim in the court against an international energy and consultancy firm seeking £5m in damages for breach of contract. 
• Successfully defending complex multi-party claims in the court against an Insurer as a third party against a claim arising from alleged negligence of a liquidated insured in a construction project seeking £7m in damages.
• Acting for insurers in a complex litigated matter of professional negligence in relation to amusement park ride collapse and safety issues. 
• Successfully defending a large global engineering company in relation to catastrophic property damage arising out of flood defence schemes seeking damages in excess of £1m. 
• Acting for an insurer in high value litigated matter relating to policy coverage and insuring clauses involving the Financial Ombudsman Service.
• Successfully advising a high net worth individual in relation to a notice of intended prosecution from Companies House involving multiple companies in multiple jurisdictions for an ultimate beneficial owner.
• Acting for an architect relating to alleged breach of contract and negligence in a construction project in a £16.5m litigated matter. 
• Instructed to defend a £6 million cladding claim against an architect arising from a hotel constructed from flammable materials.
• Defence of a multi-million pound claim against a firm of insurance brokers arising from advice given at policy renewal
• Acting for a large accounting and auditing firm in relation to multiple professional negligence claims arising out of tax advice