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“Specific knowledge of what the main drivers for insurer clients are”
Credit: Chambers & Partners Guide to the Bar

39 Essex Chambers is consistently rated by the main professional directories as one of the leading Civil Law chambers.

The members provide expert advocacy and advice on coverage and claims across a wide range of insurance policies, such as business interruption, contractors’ risk, employers’ liability, environmental risk, financial and credit risk, fire, flood, life, motor, permanent health, professional indemnity, public liability and war and terrorist risk.

Members are particularly experienced in fraud, personal injury, European directives and travel law, property damage, professional negligence – including construction and engineering, product liability, and clinical negligence.

Chambers has been awarded the Chambers & Partners Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Set of the Year on a number of occasions and is described by Chambers & Partners Guide to the Bar as “one of the Bar’s elite personal injury sets”.

Contacts:

Lindsay Scott
Chief Executive and Director of Clerking
Direct 020 7832 1115
Mobile 07961 531 832
Email lindsay.scott@39essex.com

Alastair Davidson
Senior Clerk
Direct 020 7832 1181
Mobile 07736 154 109
Email alastair.davidson@39essex.com

Ben Sundborg
Practice Manager
Direct 020 7832 1179
Mobile 07921 880 668
Email ben.sundborg@39essex.com

For more information visit our website www.39essex.com.

Working together with FOIL
Hawkins are a team of forensic scientists and engineers who investigate incidents and losses including fires, explosions, accidents and engineering problems.

With a team of over 150 experts, we can investigate many incidents including:

• Fire and Explosion
• Engineering
• Escapes of Water, Gas and Fluid
• Road Traffic Accidents
• Personal Injury
• Contamination and Pollution
• Fraud
• Crime

If you do not see the particular type of incident that you are dealing with listed above, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

If the matter is urgent and you need advice you are welcome to call our 24 hour answering service on 01223 420400. We will be happy to put you in touch with the appropriate expert who can help you.

We provide a wide range of forensic investigation services and can take an investigation from scene to court if required.

• Full investigation and report
• Litigation support
• Giving evidence in court
• Forensic Preview
• Claims validation service
• General advice

Our reporting is flexible and can be tailored to your needs, depending on the scale and urgency of the investigation. Our services range from a brief preliminary investigation through to a full investigation including a court-compliant report for the support of legal action.

We also offer a free initial consultation with no commitment to establish how we can add any value to the case.

For further information please visit www.hawkins.biz.

Crown Office Chambers is one of the leading London sets of chambers specialising in civil and commercial work.

Services – Crown Office Chambers is recommended for its strength in depth and efficient and user-friendly service.

Awards – Chambers and individual members are regularly recognised in national and sector-specific awards.

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Verisk connects the global insurance industry through decades of proprietary data and responsible AI, building strong connections across key industries that support insurance professionals in delivering key insights that drive smarter decisions.

 Our advanced ecosystem of innovative solutions pair industry-leading data and expertise with cutting-edge AI-powered technology to support companies across the entire insurance policy life cycle. Our claims management solutions and analytical tools utilise robust, market-researched data, artificial intelligence, and powerful machine learning to streamline workflows and control costs.

Simplify complexity and improve operations across personal injury, anti-fraud, motor, and property with our data-driven products:

• piCalculator – Calculate special damages for personal injury claims, eliminating the need for manual calculations.
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• Verify – Automate subrogation processes and manual tasks through our central platform, simplifying document preparation and facilitating negotiations.

Get in touch:

claimsuk@verisk.com

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Voted Chambers of the Year at the Manchester 2026 Legal Awards, St John’s Buildings is an award-winning, tier-1 ranked, multidisciplinary set of barristers, providing exceptional advocates and national coverage from Chambers in Manchester, Chester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Leeds.

Our team has a long tradition of personal injury and related civil litigation, with a deserved reputation for delivering a high quality yet accessible service. We have a proven track record of attracting and developing some of the most able practitioners in the North.

Expertise includes Personal Injury Litigation including Road Traffic Accidents, Employer’s Liability, Occupier’s Liability and Public Liability from the small claims court to the most serious and catastrophic injuries. We have an exceptional team of clinical negligence experts and additional expertise in disease, costs, travel claims and civil fraud

In addition, we offer bespoke ADR solutions to clients, ranging from Joint Settlement Meetings to online Arbitration and Mediation and including Early Neutral Evaluations. We are able to deliver this from purpose-built Arbitration suites within each of our chambers or online.

The group is committed to providing specialist services in both advisory and advocacy to insurance clients and prides itself on the ability to do so with quality practitioners, working hard for competitive rates. We are client focused and despite the fact we are a long-established set, have a modern outlook. We recognise the fact that this is a people business and pride ourselves on our approachability and accessibility. We are pleasant people to do business with. The team approach to cases has been long understood and embraced by members.

 

“‘Excellent set’ St John’s Buildings is home to a team with an excellent reputation for advising on the full range of personal injury matters.”

– Legal 500 2026