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Robert Jones

Partner

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
2 College Square
Anchor Road
Bristol
BS1 5UE
United Kingdom
Languages English

Robert is a Partner in the Insurance and Reinsurance Group. He is based in Bristol and has acted in a variety of professional indemnity defence work and insurance coverage issues since 2008.

Robert’s practice includes the defence of claims against a wide range of professionals, particularly construction related professionals, brokers and financial institutions. He also advises on a variety of contentious and non-contentious insurance matters, including policy coverage issues. This includes advising Insurers and Insureds on the latest legal developments and risk management. He has a particular specialism in advising on disputes involving property consultants, valuation surveyors and Insurance Brokers.

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Relevant experience

  • Advising a number of national / international surveying practices in relation to a series of overvaluation claims ranging in value up to £multi-millions.
  • Conducting the defence on behalf of a national insurance broking practice in relation to series of claims relating to policy placement.
  • Defending a claim against a broker arising out of the 2011 Gibraltar port explosion.
  • Instructed by Insurers to advise on the complex application of policy coverage to a compensation fund scheme.
  • Successfully defending a hard fought claim for £30m+ concerning breach of fiduciary duty and knowing receipt arising out of a property investment scheme.
  • Acting in a dispute relating to the design of berthing dolphins at a ferry port.
  • Advising an IFA in defending in a negligent investment claim.
  • Contributor to the RICS’  Risk, Liability and Insurance guidance note & its consultation on the sustainability of the valuation profession.
  • Contributing author to Broking Practice and the Law.
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Publications

  • Robert has authored a series of surveyors bulletins providing practical guidance on the key insurance issues affecting the surveying profession in light of the COVID-19 crisis. 
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Education

  • 2006 – Legal Practice Course, Cardiff University
  • 2005 – LL.B, Cardiff University
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Feed

26/10/2023
Hope Capital Limited v Alexander Reece Thomson LLP: Lessons for Valuers
The recent judgment handed down in September 2023 of Hope Capital Limited v Alexander Reece Thomson LLP [2023] EWHC 2389 (KB) provides a useful overview of the scope of a valuer’s duty, particularly...
29/03/2023
FCA launches consultation: widening the door for SMEs’ access to the Financial...
The FCA has launched a call for input from individuals and businesses as to whether the threshold for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to refer complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Services...
13/10/2022
Protecting Surveyors Bulletin 9: Guidance on multi-storey residential valuations
For the latest in our Protecting Surveyors series, we look at the latest draft Guidance Note on the Valuation of Properties in Multi-Storey, Multi-Occupancy Residential Buildings with Cladding, which...
03/05/2022
Professional Indemnity Video Series 2022
The professional indemnity market is more active than ever before. This series of bitesize videos, presented by members of our Insurance and Reinsurance Group, is designed to help you understand the recent trends and navigate the risks and pitfalls of professional indemnity insurance from the perspective of the following markets and sec­tors:Con­struc­tion Brokers Sur­vey­ors­SIPP op­er­at­orsSo­li­cit­ors
24/03/2022
CMS Professional Indemnity Insurance Seminar
Our annual professional indemnity event for insurance professionals took place in Cannon Place on Thursday 24 March 2022. A video recording of the event is now available to watch here. As usual, the...
17/02/2022
Protecting Surveyors Bulletin 8: RICS 2022 Guidance on Japanese Knotweed...
With a view to limiting the effect of Japanese knotweed on the property market, the RICS has published new guidance which requires surveyors to adopt a structured approach in assessing the impact of knotweed...
07/12/2021
Protecting Surveyors Bulletin 7: Scope of Duty in Negligent Valuer Claims
With the scope of valuers’ duties facing a refresh in the 31 January 2022 version of the Red Book, the decision in Charles B Lawrence & Associates v Inter-commercial Bank Ltd provides a helpful analysis...
27/10/2021
Insurance Act 2015: material circumstance, moral hazard and the duty of...
In one of the first reported decisions under the Insurance Act in the High Court, an insurer has successfully defended an action for avoiding a BI policy from inception and a CAR policy from renewal...
01/06/2021
Protecting Surveyors Bulletins
As Surveyors face times of uncertainty and challenge they should be alert to the risks, new and old, that they face and the support available to them. Authored by the CMS Insurance and Reinsurance team...
26/05/2021
Protecting Surveyors Bulletin 6: Updates to RICS Minimum Terms & Guidance
In this instalment of our ‘Protecting Surveyors’ series, we review the key updates set out in the updated edition of the RICS Guidance Note on Risk, Liability and Insurance and the recent minimum...
20/04/2021
Insurance intermediaries: continuing duty to remit funds
The recent case of Equitas Ltd v Sande Investments Ltd considered what duties are owed by an entity, that may not be a full Lloyd's broker, but that carries out the same market activities as a broker...
23/03/2021
Protecting Surveyors Bulletin 5: new RICS Guidance Note on EWS1 Forms
In the latest in our Protecting Surveyors series, we look at the new RICS Guidance Note on the Valuation of Properties in Multi-Storey, Multi-Occupancy Residential Buildings with Cladding which was published...