Simon Gibson - Partner
Experience
- Extensive experience of professional indemnity claims and construction and insurance disputes
- Currently head of the firm's Professional Indemnity Department
- Defence of all types of professionals including solicitors, architects, engineers, surveyors, accountants, financial advisors and brokers
- Acted for substantial and well-known firms of property consultants in respect of a series of claims relating to investments in Enterprise Zone Trusts
- Acting for approximately 300 firms of solicitors in relation to claims arising from the collapse of The Accident Group
- Advising and representing a major civil engineering company in respect of the design and supply of insulating material for North Sea Oil pipelines
- Defending architects and engineers in respect of claims arising from the design and construction of a new manufacturing facility for an international computer company
- Advising insurers on coverage and policy issues including those relating to professional indemnity, CAR and material damage policies
Significant reported cases
- Virgin Management Ltd v De Morgan Group plc & Another
- J Jarvis & Sons Ltd v (1) Castle Wharf Developments Ltd (2) Gleeds Management Services Ltd (3) Franklin Ellis Architects Ltd (2001)
- Graham Arthur Ridgeway Ball & Others (Claimants) v (1) Ian Banner & Others (2) Neill Clerk (a firm) (Defendants) & Healey & Baker (a firm) (Part 20 Defendant) (2000)
Clients
- Professional indemnity insurers
- Solicitors, accountants and brokers
- CAR and material damage insurers
- Architects, engineers and surveyors
Professional
- 1984 Qualified in England and Wales
Office
London, Mark Lane
Telephone
020 7650 5640
