Anne-Marie Knight
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Professional Negligence
Band 1
About
Provided by Anne-Marie Knight
Practice Areas
Anne-Marie is a Partner based at Weightmans’ Newcastle office, who specialises in defending professional indemnity claims against a range of professionals. She has 30 years of experience of advising both insurers and their insured professional clients in this field.
Anne-Marie is regularly instructed in relation to claims against traditional professionals, such as architects, engineers, design and build contractors, approved inspectors, cladding designers, asbestos surveyors, building surveyors, solicitors and accountants.
She has also advised in relation to claims against emerging professions, such as process servers and recruitment consultants and has experience of criminal proceedings brought against a professional client.
In addition to defending claims brought against professionals, Anne-Marie is regularly instructed by insurers to advise on policy coverage matters.
Anne-Marie is recommended by the Legal 500 as one of only three Leading Individuals in the North and as one of only five practitioners in Chambers and Partners for the North East and Yorkshire region. She has acquired a reputation for hard work, attention to detail, and excellent client service delivery. She is an accredited Mediator and has successfully conducted many mediations.
Chambers Review
UK
Anne-Marie Knight regularly defends professionals coming from an array of industries, including surveyors, accountants and solicitors. She is particularly adept at handling construction-related professional indemnity matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Anne-Marie Knight was tenacious on our behalf and a force to be reckoned with. We were glad to have representation who was confident and had authority, whilst still personable."
"Anne is good for anything technical and does not leave a stone unturned."
"Anne-Marie Knight was tenacious on our behalf and a force to be reckoned with. We were glad to have representation who was confident and had authority, whilst still personable."
"Anne is good for anything technical and does not leave a stone unturned."