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Simon Howarth
Simon specialises in professional negligence, commercial litigation, construction and insurance law, including coverage issues and subrogated recovery actions. He is recognised as a leading junior in professional negligence work. He is admitted to practise in the Republic of Ireland, and in the DIFC in Dubai.
Email: simon.howarth@hailshamchambers.com
Phone: 020 7643 5000
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Year of call: 1991 Specialist areas: Professional negligence, commercial litigation, insurance, construction Education: Grays Inn Mould Scholar and Advocacy Prize; Magdalen College Oxford. Publications & Lectures: Simon lectures to solicitors and insurers on his specialist areas. He has contributed articles to several professional journals including the Law Society Gazette. He is an editor of Emden's Construction Law and the co-author of the chapter on Insurance Brokers in Ter Haar and Levene on Construction Contracts and Construction Insurance.
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Broster v Galliard and another [2011] BLR 569, [2011] PNLR 34 Simon's clients successfully obtained the summary dismissal of the claim. The judgment considers economic loss, the relevance of the complex structure theory and the proper construction of s.3 of the Latent Damage Act 1986 (the appeal to the Court of Appeal is to be heard in January 2012). Moria v Bednash [2011] EWHC (Ch) 839 Successful defence of insolvency practitioner against allegation that he had entered into a binding agreement to assign a cause of action: held that the agreement was impliedly subject to execution of a written instrument. Lane v Cullens [2011] PNLR 25 Limitation in the context of solicitor's negligence relating to the distribution of an estate; the Court of Appeal considered the application of Law Society v Sephton & Co. |
"really knows his stuff" The Legal 500, 2011 "Simon Howarth is highly rated for financial services industry claims." The Legal 500 2010 "Simon Howarth 'has a knack of simplifying even the most challenging legal principles' to the client's benefit, and 'brings a lucid and elegant style to advocacy'." The Legal 500 2009
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