Helping you navigate the future of autonomous vehicles

About Kerris:

Kerris has over 30 years experience in handling defendant insurer casualty claims developing a particular specialism in complex catastrophic injury claims, which include brain injury, spinal and catastrophic injury claims. She is a member of the ABI’s Vehicle Technology Working Group and has supported the work of this group in lobbying for Insurer requirements for dealing with claims involving automated vehicles. She has recently authored a paper for the ABI discussing insurer requirements for data sharing from the automated vehicle in the event of a collision.

Experience and notable cases:

Jubair Ali (A Protected Party, by Jabid Ali Litigation Friend) v (1) David Caton (2) Motor Insurers Bureau 2014 EWCA Civ1313

About Chris:

In addition to leading the regulatory practice, Chris also heads the firm’s wider Transport & Logistics Sector, with responsibility for the firm’s transport and logistics offering more broadly. As a result of his extensive experience across road transport regulation, compliance, investigations and sector leadership, Chris is widely regarded as one of the leading practitioners in this field.

Chris is an accomplished advocate and frequently represents operators, transport managers and senior individuals at Traffic Commissioner Public Inquiries nationwide. He is regularly instructed on complex, high‑risk and business‑critical matters, including licence revocations, curtailments, repute challenges and serious compliance failings, often where the consequences for clients are existential.

He and the team regularly support clients in the immediate aftermath of serious incidents, advising on regulatory exposure, governance, evidence preservation, and engagement with enforcement authorities, as well as managing parallel regulatory, investigatory and reputational risk.

Chris is a regular speaker at the Logistics UK flagship Transport Manager Conferences, the Public Service Logistics Conference, and other leading industry events. He is also a qualified transport manager and former Chair of the Transport Manager Forum of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), giving him a rare combination of legal, regulatory and operational insight.

In addition to his advisory and advocacy practice, Chris has worked with the firm’s in‑house Product and Innovation team to lead on the development of Transport Manager Comply, a specialist transport compliance software product designed to support operators and transport managers with ongoing regulatory compliance.

He is a regular contributor to leading industry publications, including Commercial Motor and Motor Transport Magazine, and is widely recognised as a thought leader within the road transport regulatory sector.

About Jacqui:

With over 30 years’ legal experience in catastrophic injury, fraud, and civil litigation, she now focuses on providing strategic market insight and forward-looking legal analysis to support the firm and its insurer clients. Her role centres on translating complex legal, regulatory, and claims developments into clear, actionable intelligence for the insurance sector.

Jacqui has a particular interest in public and constitutional law and regularly delivers thought leadership and training on legal risk and its broader market implications. She previously played a key role on Weightmans’ Brexit Committee, advising on regulatory change and its impact on clients.

Bringing deep technical expertise together with a strong market-facing perspective, Jacqui is known for her ability to horizon scan emerging risks and engage with the trends shaping the insurance landscape.