News and thought leadership

News 08/06/2023

Double hire and new commercial head for Kennedys IQ

Kennedys IQ, our technology and innovation arm, is bolstering its team with two new hires as it ramps up for growth.

News 23/05/2023

Kennedys appoints new business development and marketing chief from Hogan Lovells to drive further growth

We have appointed a new chief business development and marketing officer. Karen Snell, formerly of Hogan Lovells where she worked for almost 20 years, will set the agenda for all activity, overseeing a network of more than 65 colleagues worldwide.

News 23/05/2023

Kennedys appoints its first head of responsible business

We have appointed our first head of responsible business to help the firm achieve its ambitious sustainability goals. Kate Hursthouse is former senior manager for responsible business at Slaughter and May, where she spent the past 11 years developing and overseeing the firm’s work to integrate responsible business into the firm’s operations, as well as building its community, diversity and inclusion, and pro bono programmes.

Case review 08/05/2023

What happens when parents’ anti-vaccination sentiment conflicts with life-saving treatment needed by a child?

In this article, we consider the recent decision of the High Court of New Zealand in Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, Te Toka Tumai v C and S, which underscores the tension between a child’s need for life-saving medical treatment and parents’ refusal of consent.

• Healthcare
• Medical malpractice
• Medical law
• Life and health

News 02/05/2023

Kennedys’ global partner count passes 300 as firm adds a further 20 in annual promotions round

We are delighted to announce the appointment of a further 20 partners in our annual round of promotions, taking the total to 316 worldwide.

Article 23/09/2022

It's our world, and here's how we're collaborating to make a difference in celebration of Global Goals Week

Global Goals Week is well and truly underway and through our Responsible Business Programme we are continuing to support the UNSDGs and incorporating the principles of the UN Global Compact into our local and global initiatives.

Report 13/07/2022

Rewriting the risk: Addressing the challenge of climate change

Our latest global report finds that the insurance industry has a central role in building wider understanding about climate-related risks and in mitigating against those risks.

• Insurance and claims
• Aviation
• Claims handling
• Contractors' all risks
• Directors and officers liability
• Energy
• Environmental
• Financial institutions
• Marine
• Political risk and trade credit
• Product liability and product safety
• Professional liability
• Property damage
• Reinsurance
• Insurance coverage
• Defendant personal injury
• Motor liability
• Occupational disease
• Auto
• Corporate and commercial
• Commercial
• Construction
• Corporate
• Employment
• Real estate
• Arbitration
• Regulatory and compliance
• Regulatory defence
• Regulation

Report 28/02/2022

Causing climate change…a new tort? A cross-jurisdictional review

Following the New Zealand Court of Appeal decision of Smith v Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited [2021], Kennedys experts in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and United States provide a cross-jurisdictional review of the risk of this potential new tort also emerging in their respective countries.

• Insurance and reinsurance
• Defendant personal injury
• Occupational disease
• Directors and officers liability
• Financial institutions

Article 29/09/2021

How our people are taking action in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals through community initiatives and partnerships

The Global Week to #Act4SDGs, which ran from 17 – 28 September –is focused on mobilisation and collective action by people and companies from all sectors, to accelerate progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).