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Kate Murphy

Of Counsel

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Kate Murphy is Of Counsel in the Insurance and Reinsurance group.

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Education

  • 1997 – LPC, College of Law, Chester
  • 1996 – LL.B, University of Exeter, Exeter 
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21/12/2020
Aggregation in the context of medical negligence considered by the Commercial...
The Commercial Court has considered whether claims against a private hospital arising out of the medical malpractice of a consultant breast surgeon could be aggregated as two separate sources or original...
05/11/2019
Clinical negligence: consent and standard of care in antenatal screenings
The claimant, Edyta Mordel, A mother who was not properly informed when declining antenatal Down’s syndrome screening, has been awarded compensation from the NHS in respect of her claim for clinical...
27/09/2019
Insurance Considerations: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
The Government has opened a public consultation to consider whether current laws protecting people from sexual harassment in the workplace are effective. There is a perceived gap between the duties set...
02/10/2018
Solicitors’ PI: negligent solicitors not entitled to rely on illegality...
The Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal by solicitors, upholding a decision that their client was entitled to damages of £78,000 caused by their negligent failure to file Land Registry documents...
25/01/2016
Professional negligence: professionals' continuing duty of care
The Court of Appeal has held recently that the obtaining and receiving of advice after a mistake had been made by a professional did not mean that an obligation to correct the earlier mistake or negligence...
19/02/2015
Solicitors’ PI: Section 14A of the Limitation Act considered in pensions...
In Seton House Group Ltd and Britax Pensions Trust v Mercer Ltd, the High Court dismissed an appeal against summary judgment with the effect that a claim for negligent pensions advice against Mercer remained...
13/11/2014
Healthcare: Clinicians may be liable for manufacturers' representations
In Webster & Others v Liddington & Others the Court of Appeal ruled that clinicians administering non-surgical cosmetic treatments involving third party products are responsible to their patients for...
01/05/2013
Insurance: update on NZ earthquake cases
We reported last week on the recent New Zealand decision in O’Loughlin v Tower Insurance concerning the recoverability of losses to a property as a result of it being in the Christchurch earthquake...
25/04/2013
Insurance: NZ earthquake case on red zones
A recent decision in New Zealand (O’Loughlin v Tower Insurance) concerning the recoverability of losses to a property as a result of it being in the Christchurch earthquake “red zone” – an area...
14/03/2013
Reinsurance: decision on Bermuda Form policy subject to English Law
The English courts have, for the first time, set a legal precedent on the construction of a “Bermuda Form” policy, albeit that in this case, unusually, an endorsement had been agreed by the parties...
18/02/2013
Reinsurance: WTC losses from two events, not one
The English High Court has, for the first time, tackled the question whether the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre arose from one or two events, for the purposes of aggregating property damage...
02/06/2011
Insurance: Iran sanctions/policy renewals
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision that insurers were entitled to cancel a marine insurance policy based on the conclusion that they were exposed to the risk of breaching Iran sanctions if the...