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Joanna Owens

Of Counsel

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

Joanna is Of Counsel in the Insurance and Reinsurance team and specialises in resolving professional negligence, clinical negligence, medical product liability and insurance coverage disputes.

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Education

  • 2003 – LLB, Cardiff University, Cardiff
  • 2004 – LPC, Cardiff University, Cardiff
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23/10/2023
Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd v Hon-Ying Amie Tsang [2023]
Background factsMs Tsang acted for a large number of clients who invested in “fractional” property development schemes; where a single unit in a larger property is purchased (e.g. one room of a hotel)...
30/08/2019
Interpreting ‘Accident’ under the Montreal Convention
Carmelo Labbadia v Alitalia [2019] EWHC 2103 The High Court recently considered if a failure to act can be an ‘accident’ under Article 17 of the Montreal Convention 1999 in circumstances where the...
13/12/2017
Independent midwives: liability cover
Yesterday the High Court, in R (Beety & Ors) v Nursing and Midwifery Council, dismissed an application for judicial review of a decision of the Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (“the Registrar”)...
31/10/2016
Solicitors' PI: “Trade Debts” exclusion in the Minimum Terms and Conditions
The Supreme Court has reversed (by a 4:1 majority) the Court of Appeal decision in Impact Funding Solutions Ltd v AIG Europe Insurance Ltd on the application of a “Trade Debts” exclusion in a solicitors’...
21/11/2014
Healthcare: publication of consultant performance data
The NHS has published a further wave of performance data for consultant surgeons in England. Members of the public can now access, via the My NHS search tool, performance data for almost 5,000 individual...
17/04/2013
New Costs regime: Court guidance on amending budgets
The TCC has considered the potentially important question of the circumstances in which a costs budget, which has been approved by the court as part of a costs management order, can subsequently be revised...
01/09/2010
Construction: Sub-contractors – Concurrent duty of care in contract and...
The Technology & Construction Court (TCC) has held that a sub-contractor may owe a duty in tort to its direct contractor, in addition to the duties it owes in contract. Our previous LawNow article...