Call: 2002
Clare’s practice encompasses three main areas: professional liability, insurance and commercial litigation. She is described in the Legal 500 as “impressive” and noted for her “commercial understanding and thoroughness”.
Clare was instructed by Zurich Insurance Company in the Employers’ Liability Policy Trigger Litigation. This major policy interpretation case was concerned with the proper interpretation of employers’ liability policies which were written on an “injury sustained” or “disease contracted” basis and whether they would respond to mesothelioma risks at the time of inhalation or when the tumour developed. The case culminated in a two week hearing before the Supreme Court and a successful outcome for Zurich.
She has extensive experience of professional liability matters and is regularly instructed to act for or against solicitors, surveyors, insurance brokers, barristers and accountants. In recent years she has been kept particularly busy with litigation brought by lenders, several of which claims have involved issues of fraud.
At the cross over of her insurance and professional liability work come cases involving professional indemnity policies. Clare has advised both insurers and insureds on a variety of issues including policy interpretation, non-disclosure and fraud. In 2012 she was instructed by insurers in their successful claim in fraud against their former insured: Travelers Insurance Co Ltd & Denton Wilde Sapte v Advani [2012] EWHC 623
Clare is an editor of Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability.
Prior to being called to the Bar, Clare read law at St Anne’s College, Oxford University, where she was President of the Oxford Union.
Education
M.A. (Oxon)