
Position:
Partner
Specialist Area:
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Captive insurance, Commercial litigation, Dispute resolution, Insurance & reinsurance, Professional liability
Office:
London
Phone:
020 7293 4182
Email:
rrisby@dac.co.uk
Ross is a litigator with extensive professional liability experience including defending claims against accountants, surveyors, architects, insurance brokers, solicitors and his particular speciality barristers. He also has significant experience in bringing claims against solicitors and accountants on behalf of claimants. Ross represented a Consultant Psychiatrist in the defence of the first ever claim for a non-party costs award against an expert witness.
Ross' expertise is noted in Legal 500 "well regarded" and Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession "impresses clients with his calm efficiency".
He has a wide range of insurance (Lloyd's and London market) and commercial litigation experience and in appropriate cases is a keen exponent of mediation.
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