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Band 2

Construction: Professional Negligence

London (Firms)

1 Years Ranked

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Provided by Monica Lesny

UK

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Monica Lesny is a partner in the Insurance Group. She handles a variety of professional negligence claims and has acted on a number of high value Contractors All Risk disputes.

Following an extended secondment at QBE, her primary focus is on construction professional indemnity insurance and she is currently defending claims involving a range of professionals including architects, engineers, construction/project managers and surveyors. She has particular experience in M&E and infrastructure claims and in addition to matters in the UK, is currently handling claims in Italy, Hungary, Poland and France on behalf of London Market insurers.

Work Highlights

Engineers: in relation to a mineral extraction plant in Chile.

Architects: high court dispute on the Northern Triangle, Emirates Development.

Insurers: in connection with a number of arbitrations brought against architects in the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar).

Insurers: on a number of high profile multi million fire related claims (against D&B contractors, architects etc).

Engineers: claim in relation to a large biomass plant in Belgium.

Insurers: claims arising from the design and construction of waste recycling facilities in Greater Manchester.

Insurers: on claims and coverage arising from infrastructure projects, and building collapses in Southern and Eastern Europe (including Hungary, Latvia, Portugal and Poland as well as the UK).

Administrator/Insolvency Practitioner: claims arising from the insolvency of Sixty UK.

Insurers: on coverage claims arising from provision of a new accommodation module to a mobile drilling platform.

Farraj and another v King’s Healthcare NHS Trust and another (Court of Appeal) [2009] EWCA Civ 1203.

Education

LPC - Nottingham Law School

LLB - Manchester University

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Construction: Professional Negligence - London (Firms)
2
Band 2

Monica Lesnyis recognised for her broad professional negligence practice, with strength advising engineers, architects, insolvency practitioners and their insurers. She has a particular focus on claims stemming from the construction sector.

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