Peter Mellett, Professional Negligence

Peter qualified as a solicitor in 1992. He is an experienced commercial litigator having trained and worked at well known city practices since commencing his training. He is now a Cubism consultant specialising in insurance disputes and insolvency related claims.

Peter has experience in professional negligence claims; (especially claims concerning construction professionals, accountants, surveyors, independent financial advisers and merchant banks), insurance; policy coverage disputes (e.g. avoidance of policy, rejection of claim, references to the Financial Ombudsman Service), insolvency; reported case on assignment of a cause of action by a liquidator, recoveries for insolvency practitioners and commercial litigation; breach of contract claims, claims under guarantees and shareholder disputes.

He is very commercial in his approach and favours using alternative dispute resolution where possible to resolve disputes cost effectively. This approach will normally achieve practical outcomes in the majority of cases. Peter has extensive, heavyweight litigation experience in Chancery, Queens Bench Division and the Technology and Construction Courts and has been involved in ICC and LCIA arbitrations.

Being a seasoned litigator, Peter is familiar with the tactics often deployed and adept at parrying obstacles put in his client’s way by opponents. Peter sees a great deal of benefit in doing a full review of the case or issue at an early stage and recommending a strategy to achieve his client’s commercial objectives.

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