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Welcome to 39 Essex Chambers
39 Essex Chambers is a leading set based in London, Manchester, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Our barristers offer a depth of expertise in a range of specialist sectors and practice areas.
Practice Areas
- Administrative & Public
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Banking & Finance
- Civil Liability
- Clinical Negligence
- Commercial
- Construction
- Costs & Litigation Funding
- Court of Protection
- EU Law
- Inquiries & Investigations
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration
- International Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Planning, Environment & Property
- Regulatory & Disciplinary
- Tax
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Insurance
What our barristers offer
Our wide practice area expertise and international presence means that members advise and represent clients in litigation and in arbitration in a full range of commercial sectors including construction & engineering, infrastructure, energy, environmental, financial services , real property and professional sport. A number of our team specialise in insurance issues in the professional liability sector across a wide variety of disciplines including legal services and construction professionals. Our personal injury practitioners are experienced in insurance issues arising from clinical negligence and personal injury claims.
In reinsurance matters a number of our members are experienced in advising both before and after disputes arise in relation to underlying risks in commercial, construction, IT, environmental and energy sectors, including nuclear power.
Members regularly advise and represent both policyholders and insuring parties in technical subrogated insurance recovery claims arising from events including fire, flood, explosion, products, pollution, occurring both domestically and internationally and are experienced in dealing with the complex factual and technical issues arising in relation to both liability and the assessment of damages such as business interruption claims.
Who our insurance barristers act for
- Insured parties
- Insurers: companies and Lloyd’s syndicates
- Reinsured parties
- Reinsurers
- Brokers
- Regulators
Which areas of insurance and reinsurance we cover
- Policy construction
- Policy coverage
- non-disclosure
- materiality disputes
- fair presentation of risk
- breach of warranty
- Risks
- employer liability
- public liability
- professional indemnity
- credit risk
- investment risk
- war risk
- business interruption
- directors and officers’ liability
- Contractors
- Marine
- Cargo
- Civil fraud
- Regulation
- Third party rights
- Subrogated insurance recovery claims (including fire, flood, explosion, products, pollution)
- Broker negligence claims
- Reinsurance
- Facultative
- Treaty
- Proportional
- Excess of loss
Additional insurance sector knowledge
- A number of our senior practitioners are qualified, practising arbitrators and are appointed by arbitration institutions or ad hoc to determine insurance coverage and related insurance and reinsurance sector disputes in the UK and internationally.
Who to contact
Alastair Davidson is the Senior Clerk for the Insurance team and will, along with the clerking team below, be able to help you with any questions.
Alastair Davidson
Call: +44 (0)20 7832 1181
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