Katherine Proctor

• 'Up and coming' partner and notable practitioner for 'Insurance: Contentious Claims & Reinsurance (UK-wide)'
  "Katherine is very impressive and knows reinsurance very well."
  "She gives very good, practical advice."
  Chambers UK 2022
• Recommended lawyer for 'Product liability: defendant (London)'
  The Legal 500 UK 2022
• Up and Coming lawyer for 'Insurance: Contentious claims & reinsurance (UK-wide)'
  "She is simply superb...She's very strategic in the advice she provides to clients."
  Chambers UK 2021
• Recommended lawyer for 'Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation (Manchester)'
  The Legal 500 UK 2021
• “She is very good at complex coverage disputes with our insureds, and I use her on high-value arbitration. She's very thorough, she knows her stuff, she's a strategic thinker, and that's what counts.”
  The Gracechurch London Market Insurance Law Report 2019
• Recommended Lawyer for 'Product liability: defendant (London)'
  The Legal 500 UK 2019/20

• Representing insurers in various Bermuda Form disputes concerning disease, pollution, construction and engineering defects, product defects/liability, financial mis-selling etc., both direct excess and via reinsurance of captives.  Securing anti-suit injunctions, most recently Catlin Syndicate v Weyerhaeuser [2018] EWHC 3609 (Comm).
• Acting for insurers in relation to claims for financial loss cover under Public & Products Liability and Combined Liability Insurance Policies.  Issues as to non-disclosure/misrepresentation under the new Insurance Act 2015, whether claims were first made during the policy period, known circumstances, contractual liability, defective work and recall and repair exclusions.
• Acted for local insurers and international reinsurers in respect of multi-million claims under a general liability policy for material damage, financial losses, environmental pollution, salvage and containment expenses, and defence costs cover due to fires/explosions at a gas terminal. Issues as to jurisdiction, coverage and coinsurance.
• Representing an insurer in LCIA arbitration, English High Court and US proceedings in relation to claims under a Primary – D&O and Company Reimbursement Policy.  Issues as to insured status, conduct exclusion and quantum.  Securing anti-suit injunction: XL ICSE v Peter Little [2019] EWHC 1284 (Comm).
• Represented an insurer and insured in defence of claims for negligent handling of fine art.  Issues as to exclusions/limitations of liability and the impact of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
• Represented a reinsurer in English High Court proceedings in respect of multi-million claims under a Business Interruption Reinsurance policy arising out of a pot freeze incident at an aluminium smelter plant. Issues as to jurisdiction, validity and existence of the re/insurance and non-disclosure.
• Defended an international broker against multi-million claims for negligence in the arrangement of a marine insurance policy. Issues as to broker duties, breach, causation and insurance policy coverage.
• Represented insured contractors and their insurer in ICC arbitration and in Greek proceedings in respect of multi-million claims under a public, products and professional liability policy for material damage and other losses arising out of an explosion at a power generation plant. Issues as to breach of contract, gross negligence, contribution and quantum.

General Commercial:

• Represented a contractor in the LCIA and in English High Court and Zambian proceedings in respect of multi-million claims for breach of contract. Issues as to jurisdiction, breach of contract and enforcement.
• Representing a company in claims for breach of contractual and equitable duties of confidence, breach of non-circumvention provisions and copyright infringement.