Assurance et réassurance
David specialises in professional risks. He has particular experience in defending claims against solicitors, brokers, surveyors, insolvency practitioners and financial professionals, as well as advising insurers on policy coverage.
Lignes directes
+44 (0) 20 7876 6615 david.reessmith@clydeco.comBureau principal
London, The St Botolph Building
+44 (0) 20 7876 5000 +44 (0) 20 7876 5111Régions couvertes
Profil complet
David has over a decade of experience in the professional indemnity market, including secondments to two leading insurers, and is described by the Legal 500 as a "real team player".
Having trained at an international firm in the City, he joined Clyde & Co in 2019 after 8 years with a leading national insurance practice. He has significant experience of high profile and complex litigation, including a number of reported decisions, relating to both professional negligence and commercial disputes.
Expérience
- Muduroglu v Stephenson Harwood [2017] EWHC 29 (Ch): successful strike out and summary judgment of an £11m professional negligence claim in relation to a complex series of share sales and alleged dishonesty.
- Defending a wasted costs application arising from the conduct of group litigation involving some 46,000 claimants pursuing damages from a well-known car manufacturer.
- Shaw v Leigh Day (a firm) [2018] EWHC 2034 (QB): a claim against a firm of solicitors for alleged negligence in the conduct of an inquest and related clinical negligence, successfully defended at trial.
- Connaught Income Fund v Hewetts [2016] EWHC 2286 (Ch): successfully defending at trial a £1.4m claim by an investment fund against conveyancing solicitors regarding the adequacy of their certificate of title.
- Guney v Kingsley Napley [2016] EWHC 2349 (QB): successful application to strike out a substantial part of a multi-million pound claim in relation to advice on a wills dispute.
- Agouman v Leigh Day [2016] EWHC 1324 (QB): defence of a multi-million pound representative claim on behalf of some 4,500 individuals, relating to the theft of £6m in settlement monies in the Ivory Coast.
- Advising Insureds and Insurers on the defence of systemic issues, such as "cannibalism" claims relating to personal injury, clinical negligence and VWF under-settlement.
- Advising Insurers on policy coverage, including in relation to purported block notifications by both solicitors and accountants with potentially substantial overall exposure for Insurers.
- Advising insurers on UK disclosure issues in relation to a €200m coverage litigation in Texas.
- Acting for the respondents in relation to an application for an injunction with penal notice, and the respondents' cross-application for security for costs.