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Rowena Williams

Senior Associate

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Rowena Williams

Senior Associate

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

Rowena is a Senior Associate in the Insurance and Reinsurance Team.

Rowena is dual qualified in Scotland and England & Wales, working with market leading Insurers and their Insureds across a range of sectors and policies. She has experience on advising on claims under professional indemnity policies, both coverage and defence, across a broad range of fields, including architects, engineers, surveyors, independent testers, accountants, IFAs, brokers and IT professionals. Rowena has a particular focus on claims in the construction sector, including advising on property damage, latent defects and CAR policies. 

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Education

  • 2014 – Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, University of Glasgow
  • 2013 – Scots Law LLB, University of Glasgow
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Expertise

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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...
Law-Now Real Estate
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...
Law-Now Real Estate
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...
Law-Now Real Estate
28/06/2022
The Building Safety Act 2022: the new construction product right of action...
The Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act) has finally been passed, over two years after first being proposed to address issues in the building standards and regulatory regimes following the Grenfell Tower...
Law-Now Insurance Corporate
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...
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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...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
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...
Law-Now Insurance Corporate
17/02/2020
Abuse of process or a second bite at the cherry
The TCC has helpfully restated the principles used to assess when a claim can be struck out on the basis that the claimant should have raised their argument in earlier proceedings. The judgment builds...
Law-Now Insurance
10/12/2019
Insurance: key principles shed light on structural defects policies
In construing a Maximum Liability Clause (MLC) in a new-build structural defects policy, the Court of Appeal has helpfully restated the key rules when interpreting policy wordings. A new-build block of...
Law-Now Real Estate
11/04/2019
Was the duty to make a “fair presentation” under the Insurance Act 2015...
Summary In Young v Royal and Sun Alliance plc [2019] CSOH 32 the Scottish court found that an insurer had not waived its right to disclosure of information under the Insurance Act 2015. The decision is...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
02/04/2019
Falling between the cracks?
Midlothian Council’s claim The action was raised in respect of a social housing development in Gorebridge, which was built between 2007 and 2009. On 7 September 2013, one of the tenants at the development...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
18/06/2018
Protection for Lead Consultant as Appeal Court rejects local authority’s...
Background In 2005, Bracewell were appointed by the Council as Lead Consultant under a Framework Agreement for the construction of new build social housing across various sites, each subject to a Build...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution