Paul Annesley

Profil complet

Paul is a nominated individual for a number of key clients who advises insurers on policy coverage, property fraud, defended liability and subrogated recovery claims.  

He has a particular specialism in both first and third party subrogated recovery work across all peril types and enjoys the technical and legal challenges of these claims. Paul regularly advises insurers on recovery strategy from shortly after the incident to pre-action, through the litigation stages right up to the recovery of costs. He has devised a number of schemes for a variety of insurers and is well-versed in management information (MI) requirements.   

Paul’s defended liability work regularly involves advising insurers in relation to property damage caused by, amongst other things, construction and project related incidents. 

He also advises insurers on coverage, first party fraud and consumer related insurance issues including referrals to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). 

Along with having extensive litigation and trial experience, Paul has undertaken adjudication and arbitrations for insurer clients. He is also vastly experienced in mediation and other forms of ADR.  

Expérience

• Represented insurers in relation to the successful strike out of a claim form failed to include ‘a concise statement of the nature of the claim.’ (Free Leisure Ltd (t/a “Cirque Le Soir”) v Peidl & Co Ltd & Anor [2023];
• Advising insurers on liability following a fatality allegedly caused by a defective electric vehicle;
• Acting for an insured on a £40m dispute arising out of an explosion of a gas turbine at a production facility;
• Advising insurers on coverage and recovery strategy following a substantial fire at a block of flats;
• Successfully acting for insurers at trial following a fire at a higher education college involving sale of goods, breach of statutory duty and causation issues (Stoke-on-Trent College v Pelican Rouge [2017]);
• Defending insurers of a major contractor following a catastrophic landslide in the Whitby area;
• Advising insurers and their insured on a £10m complex multi-party dispute arising out of a flue fire and the related liability claims.