Nick Bond

Nick is a partner in our Manchester office and is an insurance specialist whose significant experience covers commercial lines, property damage (liability defence), construction and product liability and recall across UK and international markets.

Acting for some of the world’s largest insurers, Nick also represents brokers, local authorities and a variety of commercial entities. Dealing with a broad range of commercial disputes with particular emphasis on policy coverage, property damage, construction and professional negligence, he also advises on the interpretation of policy wording, advising underwriters on draft policy wording and interpretation.

His comprehensive insurance practice sees him act for insurers and brokers in the UK and in international markets. Examples of advice include assessment and operation of exclusion clauses, implications of material non-disclosure, scope of cover and multi-jurisdictional coverage issues involving policies underwritten for projects in Spain, Belgium, Cyprus and Sicily. Nick’s property damage work ranges from liability defence, to multimillion pound recoveries both in and out of jurisdiction.

Nick also provides a subrogated recovery service, ranging from high value multi-jurisdictional matters, to designing and managing bespoke property damage recovery schemes.

Nick is co-author of the subsidence chapter in the latest edition of Kennedys’ Claims Handling Law and Practice Guide which was published in February 2021.