Quentin leads the professional risks team in the London office.
He specialises in professional negligence and construction claims,
often acting on behalf of insurers.
He has been involved in a number of high-profile and complex
cases, including McLaughlin & Harvey -v- The Hospitals for Sick
Children (for the Hospital), Target -v- Redferns (for the
solicitors’ excess layer insurers), The Corporation of Lloyds -v-
DEGW & Others (for the architects), Dodson -v- Dodson (for the
insurance brokers) and Panatown -v- Alfred McAlpine Construction
Ltd (for the quantity surveyors). He has also recently acted for
one of the defending parties in a very substantial dispute arising
from the collapse of a tunnel at Gerrards Cross.
Quentin has particularly extensive experience in claims
involving clients in the construction industry, including
architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, project managers and
contractors. He is a qualified Adjudicator.
He also regularly handles claims against other professions, such
as financial advisers, insurance brokers, surveyors and
accountants, and receives direct instructions from various
commercial clients in matters requiring the resolution of
disputes.