Practices

Professional Indemnity

We are the adviser of choice for professionals in a wide variety of disputes, and we also provide detailed and thorough advice to insurers regarding coverage issues.

Our expertise:

We represent professionals, including engineers, architects, surveyors, medical professionals, accountants, solicitors, architects and financial advisers, in a wide variety of professional negligence matters. We have an intimate knowledge of the sectors in which these professionals operate. That knowledge, combined with our scale and long-standing history in the marketplace, means we can deliver real value to our clients and we proactively drive cases to conclusion.

‘‘McCann FitzGerald has a broad insurance disputes offering with experience across diverse insurance cases. The team is knowledgeable in business interruption claims. Key partners are recognised as top mediators with particular experience in professional indemnity cases.’’

Chambers 2024

‘‘Lawyers at McCann FitzGerald have the technical ability to handle the most complex matters.’’

Chambers 2023

‘McCann FitzGerald has a broad insurance disputes offering with experience across diverse insurance cases. The team is knowledgeable in personal injury matters related to employers' and public liability claims as well as business interruption claims. Key partners are recognised as top mediators with particular experience in professional indemnity cases.’

Chambers 2023

‘‘Knowledgeable in personal injury matters related to employers' and public liability claims. Key partners are recognised as top mediators with particular experience in professional indemnity cases.’’

Chambers 2022

‘‘The lawyers 'are fantastic in walking people through the process and the correspondence is beautiful in its simplicity.’’

Chambers 2022

Key areas:

Our work in this area includes advising on:

Dispute resolution – litigation, arbitration, conciliation and mediation
Policy interpretation advice, addressing issues such as notification, non-disclosure, coverage of types of loss, aggregation, claims cooperation, limitation and exclusions
Claims recovery, subrogation, contribution, avoidance, cancellation and fraudulent claims investigation/handling

We lead the way in alternative dispute resolution and have a number of experienced mediators and conciliators. Our investment in state-of-the-art litigation support systems enables us to manage cases efficiently and effectively.