Robin White Email & Phone Number

Disputes resolution lawyer, focusing on insurance/reinsurance coverage and defence of insureds. Recent clients include Swiss Re, Allianz, Allied World, Novae, Robert Bosch, RSA, AIG, CNA/Hardy, Capita, Cheltenham & Gloucester, Standard Life.Extensive experience of litigation, arbitration (including Bermuda Form) and mediation, including complex, multi-party coverage disputes. Notable work/areas include:Advising Bermuda insurers in relation to exposure to opioids litigation in the US Advising Swiss Re and Bermuda Insurers in relation to reinsurance of Covid related business interruption claimsActing for London PI Market on claims connected with the Cum/Ex tax scandal in GermanyAnnuities mis-selling claims against London PI marketArbitration re coverage of claims relating to failure of cardiac rhythm devicesCoverage re claims by Erste Bank under crime and professional indemnity policyActing for reinsurers re claims against RBS and Clydesdale banks for mis-selling of interest rate swapsAdvising insurers re product liability claims by Smith & Nephew in respect of hip replacement devicesAdvising AIG re construction project claim/collapse of the Cologne City archiveDefending Bosch re product liabilityBroker's negligencePollution claimsPharmaceutical claims under Bermuda Form policiesStandard Life v ACE and others [2012] - High Court insurance claim in relation to pensions missellingArbitration concerning WTC related claims against excess of loss reinsurance.Successful injunction in Animal Friends Ins Co ltd v Equine & Livestock Ins co ltd concerning breach of restrictive covenants in a TOBA. Acting for Capita in a mediated dispute with the government concerning Miners compensation scheme. Advising on coverage re asbestos claims brought against Federal Mogul Corporation.Enterprise Oil v Strand Insurance Company [2006]. Claim under liability policy following cancellation of a contract for hire of a drilling rig. Brotherton v Aseguradora Colseguros SA [2003], Court of Appeal. Leading authority on the duty of good faith.Specialties: Professional indemnity, financial institutions, product liability, general liability, D&O, reinsurance.Committee member of British German Jurists' Association. Fluent in French, Spanish and German.

Listed skills include Legal Liability, Litigation, Reinsurance, Product Liability, and 11 others.