Kathleen Atherton

Full Profile

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