Overview

Chambers’ Professional Liability Group acts for professionals and their insurers and claimants in all types of claim or other forms of dispute. We have deep expertise in acting for claimants and professionals, insurers and insured, or regulators and professionals.

We have particular experience in cases involving legal professionals, construction professionals, insurance brokers, accountants, and disputes concerning insurance coverage.

Members provide expert advice on claims involving the most complex and challenging areas of professional negligence and have established track record of representing parties in some of the most ground-breaking cases, including recently Stoffel v Grondona in the Supreme Court.  Our work is known for spanning legal boundaries, drawing in expertise from the set’s other core areas including personal injury, travel, local authorities, education, and crime.

Our particular strength is in combining this depth of experience and legal knowledge. The team is particularly favoured by insurers and professional indemnity organisations for this reason.

Areas of Expertise

  • Legal Professionals
  • Construction Professionals
  • Insurance Brokers
  • Accountants
  • Insurance Coverage and Other Disputes

Notable Cases

  • Miller v Irwin Mitchell LLP [2022] EWHC 2252 (Ch)
  • Stoffel & Co v Grondona [2020] UKSC 42
  • GE Money Home Lending Ltd v HC Wolton & Sons Ltd [2010] EWHC 1011 (Ch)
  • McGlinn v Waltham Contractors Ltd [2007] EWHC 149 (TCC)
  • Adams v Bracknell Forest BC [2005] 1 AC 76
  • DN v Greenwich LBC [2004] EWCA Civ 1659
  • A v Essex CC [2004] 1 WLR 1881
  • Moy v Pettman Smith (A Firm) [2002] EWC Civ 875
  • Phelps v Hillingdon LBC [2001] 2 AC 619

Professional Negligence Expertise

Professional Negligence Barristers

John Ross QC

John Ross KC


Call: 1971 Silk: 2001

Grahame Aldous KC


Call: 1979 Silk: 2008

Andrew Warnock KC

Andrew Warnock KC


Call: 1993 Silk: 2012

Giles Mooney KC


Call: 1998 Silk: 2019

Tim Parker KC


Call: 1995 Silk: 2022

Edward Lamb KC


Call: 2006 Silk: 2024

Roger Hiorns


Call: 1983

Gaurang Naik


Call: 1985

Julian Waters

Julian Waters


Call: 1986

Edwin Buckett


Call: 1988

James Holmes-Milner


Call: 1989

Maurice Rifat

Maurice Rifat


Call: 1990

Cyrus Katrak


Call: 1991

Laura Elfield


Call: 1996

Simon Butler


Call: 1996

Johnathan Payne


Call: 1997

Perrin Gibbons


Call: 1998

Roger André

Roger André


Call: 1999

Saleem Khalid


Call: 2001

Ben Hicks

Ben Hicks


Call: 2001

Ian Stebbings

Ian Stebbings


Call: 2001

Giles Bedloe


Call: 2001

Andrew Spencer

Andrew Spencer


Call: 2004

Bernard Pressman

Bernard Pressman


Call: 2004

Ian Clarke

Ian Clarke


Call: 2005

Ben Rodgers


Call: 2007

William Dean


Call: 2011

Conor Kennedy

Conor Kennedy


Call: 2011

Francesca O'Neill

Francesca O’Neill


Call: 2012

John Schmitt


Call: 2013

Kerry Nicholson

Kerry Nicholson


Call: 2015

Daniel Searle


Call: 2015

Dominique Smith

Dominique Smith


Call: 2016

Richard Collier


Call: 2016

Jake Richards


Call: 2017

Susanna Bennett

Susanna Bennett


Call: 2017

Thomas Yarrow

Thomas Yarrow


Call: 2018

Lucy Lodewyke


Call: 2018

Amelia Katz


Call: 2018

Henk Soede

Henk Soede


Call: 2019

Thomas Clarke


Call: 2022

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