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Harriet Munro

Partner

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Saltire Court
20 Castle Terrace
Edinburgh
EH1 2EN
United Kingdom
Languages English, French

Harriet Munro is a partner in the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance group and is dual qualified in Scotland and England & Wales.

She has experience in insurance litigation over a number of sectors, with particular expertise in professional indemnity claims for construction professionals including engineers, architects, design & build contractors, project managers, quantity and valuation surveyors. Harriet also has experience of construction all risks and defects liability policy claims.
Harriet and the team in Scotland have, more recently, developed a broader practice and have defended claims against brokers, insolvency practitioners, IFAs, accountants, media and trust fund professionals.  She has also acted in D&O claims and trade credit insurance disputes. 

Harriet is regularly instructed by insurers on policy coverage matters. 

The team in Scotland continues to be instructed on some of the most complex and high value professional negligence and insurance disputes involving issues of Scots law.

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Relevant experience

  • A firm of architects and their PI insurers in the defence of a GBP 12m professional negligence claim involving issues of contaminated land.
  • Defending administrators in a GBP 57m action brought in the Scottish Courts.
  • Insurance, including construction all risks advice in relation to a fire at a historic Scottish building.
  • Structural engineers and their PI Insurers in relation to a series of over 60 linked, multi-party actions involving allegations of breach of obligations in relation to ground remediation works.
  • Defending engineers in relation to a high profile Scottish hospital dispute.
  • Insurance policy coverage advice in respect of a number of Scottish hotel cladding related disputes.
  • Defending an Insured in relation to allegedly negligent corporate tax advice: GBP 20m.
  • A British sporting body in defending a professional negligence claim in relation to the application of EU Regulations on equivalent qualifications.
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Education

  • 1994 - LLB (Hons), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
  • 1995 - Diploma in French Law, University of Lyon II, Lyon
  • 1996 - Dip LP, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
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23/02/2024
Scottish wildcat group’s challenge to windfarm permission unsuccessful
Wildcat Haven, a community interest company, sought to challenge the decision of the Scottish Ministers to grant permission for construction of a new wind farm at Clashindarroch Forest in Aberdeenshire...
22/02/2024
Establishing liability under the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers)...
The Scottish Court of Session has, for the first time, considered what is required to establish a ‘liability’ for the purposes of the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 (the “2010...
07/11/2023
Cladding remediation bill published: Scotland's proposals to address cladding...
We reported in our recent Law-Now (available here) on the Scottish Government’s anticipated cladding remediation bill. The first draft text of the Bill has now been published and introduces two key...
26/09/2023
Cladding Remediation Bill: The next step for cladding in Scotland
In the recently announced Cladding Remediation Bill, the Scottish Government has unveiled the next step of its response to the issue of potentially combustible clad­ding.Clad­ding Remediation BillThe Scottish...
30/03/2023
The Future of Renewables seminar and drinks reception
After the roaring success of our first (in a while) in person Future of Renewables session in November, we are delighted to be back again in our Edinburgh offices for 2023, with speakers from CMS and...
28/06/2022
The Building Safety Act 2022: the new construction product right of action...
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09/09/2021
Construction Focus On: Insurance
The CMS Construction team invites you to Construction Focus On: Insurance. The Scottish construction industry has seen a tightening in the insurance market with the increasing cost of premiums and limitations...
30/07/2021
Scottish time bar: Scottish appeal court re-affirms the “harsh” rule
There has been an important decision on time bar from the Inner House, the Scottish appeal court, which resolves conflicting lines of authorities on what a claimant needs to be aware of to start the time...
28/04/2021
Supreme Court considers meaning of 'deliberate act' in public liability...
The Supreme Court has considered the meaning of the phrase ‘deliberate acts’ in an exclusion clause in a public liability insurance policy in the case of Burnett or Grant v International Insurance...
16/07/2020
Scottish Time bar changes
The Scottish Government has recently opened a consultation on how the Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 should be implemented. Among other changes to the law of time bar, the Act addresses the acknowledged...
25/05/2020
Scottish appeal court upholds decision to avoid insurance policy for lack...
Summary In April 2019, we reported on Young v Royal and Sun Alliance Plc, in which the Scottish court found that an insurer had not waived its right to disclosure of information under the Insurance Act...
28/01/2020
Court of Session considers whether settlement between insurer and insured...
In October 2019 the Supreme Court considered the issue of an insurer’s liability for non-party costs orders in Travelers Insurance Company Ltd v XYZ. To read more on the judgment see our Law Now. The...