Tom
Weitzman has a general commercial practice specialising in insurance
and reinsurance work. He also does a substantial amount of professional
negligence work. In recent years his practice has also included
some pensions and product liability work. He has experience
of both commercial arbitration and ADR.
Practice
General
commercial work, and specialising in insurance work, insurance-related
and reinsurance work. Professional negligence work (including
claims against accountants, architects, brokers, engineers,
solicitors, surveyors and valuers). Pensions work. Product
Liability work. Arbitration work.
Cases
South
Carolina Insurance Co. v. Al Ahlia Insurance Co. [1987]
AC 24
Sing v. Atombrook Ltd [1989] 1 WLR 810
Beoco Ltd v. Alfa Laval Ltd [1995] QB 137
St Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. McConnell Dowell
and others [1995] 2 LLR 116
Deeny v. Walker: Deeny v. Littlejohn [1996] Lloyd's
Rep IR 276
New Hampshire v. MGN [1997] Lloyd's Rep IR 24 (at 1st
Instance only)
Hodgson v. Imperial Tobacco Ltd & Others [1998]
1 WLR 1056
O&R Jewellers v. Terry [1999] Lloyd's Rep IR 436
Gan v. Tai Ping [2001] Lloyd's Rep IR 291
Re Drake Insurance plc [2001] Lloyd's Rep IR 643
Re Continental Assurance Company of London plc [2001]
BPIR 733
GE Reinsurance Corp & Others v New Hampshire Insurance
Co [2003] EWHC 302 (Comm); [2004] Lloyd's Rep. IR 404
Midland Mainline Ltd & Others v Commercial Union Assurance
Co Ltd & Others [2003] EWHC} 1771 (Comm); [2004] Lloyd's
Rep. IR 22
College Credit Ltd v The National Guarantee Corporation
Ltd [2004] EWHC 978 (Comm)
Friends Provident Life & Pensions Ltd v Sirius International
Insurance Corp & Others [2004] EWHC 1799 (Comm) [2004]
2 All ER (Comm) 707, [2005] Lloyd's Rep IR 135; [2005] EWCA]
Civ 601; [2005] 2 Lloyd's Rep 517
BP plc v Aon Limited and Another [2005] EWHC 2115 (Comm)
BP plc v Aon Limited and Another [2006] EWHC 424 (Comm)
13 March 2006
HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v JLT Risk Solutions
Ltd [2006] EWHC 485 (Comm) 15 March 2006
Standard Life Assurance Ltd v. Oak Dedicated Ltd &
Ors [2008] EWHC 222 (Comm Ct.)
Clients
Major
insurers, various Lloyd's syndicates, major brokers (including
Marsh, Aon, JLT etc.). Various firms of accountants, architects,
engineers, surveyors and solicitors. Major UK plcs, the trustees
of the Maxwell Pension Funds, a major UK tobacco manufacturer
(who he acted for in the recent "lung cancer" litigation)
and many others.
Recent
His
recent work has included acting for insurer and broker participants
in the Film Finance Insurance litigation, for various of the
participants in the PA spiral and for brokers in relation
to claims arising out of the decision in BP plc v GE Frankona
Re [2003] 1 Lloyd's Rep 537.
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