UK
Practice Areas
A specialist in insurance claims work, Marie-Claire advises in relation to claims ranging from professional negligence to complex insurance coverage disputes. Prior to joining Keystone, Marie-Claire acted exclusively for insurers for over a decade. Since then, she has used her considerable experience in this specialist area and now acts for individuals and corporate clients against insurers and in bringing professional negligence claims.
She aims wherever possible to achieve a negotiated settlement of her clients’ claims and as swiftly as possible. During her many years acting for insurers she has gained a considerable understanding as to how they operate and she is able to use this knowledge to her clients’ advantage in the claims negotiation process.
Career
Marie-Claire qualified as a solicitor in 1992. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2007, she worked at the following firms:
Kennedys
Davies Arnold Cooper
Turner Kenneth Brown
Work Highlights
A number of major successes in policy disputes involving a wide variety of claims (both domestic and commercial) involving complex questions of breach of warranty and/or non-disclosure/misrepresentation, and/or alleged breach of policy condition and/or policy interpretation
Many successful actions against insurance intermediaries in respect of negligent brokering of insurance policies covering such issues as material non disclosure/misrepresentation and under insurance
Several successes in actions against professionals involving complex arguments on liability and quantum
Industry Sector Expertise
Complex insurance coverage and policy disputes
Professional negligence claims involving solicitors, insurance brokers, insurance claims professionals, surveyors, accountants, architects and engineers
Insurance fraud
Product liability claims
Significant mediation experience