Economic risk
Clyde's Claims Essentials - Liability for fire
14 October 2024
Lauren is a Senior Associate in Clyde & Co’s London Property and Liability Team. Lauren has extensive experience in advising insurers and commercial clients in a variety of liability defence, subrogated recovery and coverage cases.
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Lauren has worked as a litigator specialising in the Insurance and Commercial Sectors for over 15 years. Lauren’s core practice area is Property and Liability Insurance with a focus on property damage, construction disputes and product liability claims. Lauren has vast experience advising on legal issues in the context of both liability defence, subrogated recovery and policy coverage. Lauren’s experience includes advising clients on high profile, high value multi party complex claims which often involves multi-party litigation.
Experience
- Defending a manufacturer in a multi-party litigation arising from a large-scale gas explosion.
- Acting for insurers in relation to a large-scale fire following alleged lack of fire stopping.
- Pursuing a substantial subrogated recovery action arising from defective furniture which resulted in a successful high-profile litigation.
- Acting for excess layer insurers in a coverage dispute relating to alleged defective works.
- Successfully defending an electrical subcontractor resulting in the claim being discontinued following a substantial London fire.