Associate

Alys Jones

Insurance, Commercial Insurance Disputes, Transactional Liability Insurance

"Alys Jones has great attention to detail in the work she does."
Legal 500

Overview

Alys Jones, senior associate, defends claims against professionals and advises insurers in relation to policy coverage issues and disputes under a variety of lines of insurance.

Experience

  • Defending multimillion pound unfair prejudice petition against four directors of a high profile hotel management company.
  • Impact Funding Solutions Limited v AIG Europe Insurance Ltd (formerly known as Chartis Insurance (UK) Ltd) [2016] UKSC 57#
  • The appeal concerned the scope of a standard exclusion clause in solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance. By a majority of 4 to 1 the Court held that the claim by Impact Funding was excluded by the standard “trade debts” exclusion.
  • Defending Insolvency Practitioners at trial in a £250m claim in relation to alleged negligent failures to rescue the Company as a going concern and/or to sell its development site at appropriate value (In the matter of One Blackfriars Ltd)
  • Advising a well-known accounting firm in relation to allegations of negligence in relation to tax advice.
  • Defending a claim against an offshore firm of solicitors and a professional trustee company in connection with the administration of the affairs of a number of property-holding trusts in Gibraltar.
 

Recognition

"Alys Jones has great attention to detail in the work she does." - Legal 500: Professional Negligence

Admissions

  • England and Wales
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