Employers and public liability law

Employers’ liability and public liability (EL/PL) claims have undergone unprecedented change in the way they are litigated and managed. We have a large team of lawyers across our national office network who are immersed in the EL/PL market, providing clear and proactive advice that goes beyond claims in order to protect our clients’ reputation and supporting them in managing risk.

We’re equipped to deal with all aspects of litigation, regardless of value or complexity, with a team that includes experienced litigators, in-house advocates, costs specialists and a counter fraud sub-team. This comprehensive offering ensures there is a seamless handling of the full range of EL/PL claims, with particular expertise in managing diverse, complex and high value claims, such as those involving injuries of the upmost severity, bullying, harassment and work-related stress, defamation, equality issues and data breaches. We also have expertise in coordinating immediate responses following major incidents.

Our EL/PL team works with a diverse range of clients across both the public and private sectors leaving us uniquely placed to maximise risk management, lesson learning, audit, leakage reporting, pre and post litigation management learnings, regulatory assistance and counter fraud techniques to the advantage of both sectors.

We work in partnership with our clients and see an integral part of our role as working collaboratively in identifying key risk areas and the implementation of measures to mitigate those risks.

Employers and public liability law services

• Our clients - we advise commercial insurers, SMEs, brokers and the public sector – such as NHS Resolution, local authorities, public bodies, TPAs, loss adjusters and the Lloyd’s market.
• Specialist advice – from claims investigations and HSE prosecutions through to complex industrial disease litigation and multi-disciplinary major incident responses.
• Claims innovations – BJ Protect, Fraud Arrest, Best Offer are but a small number of the products which we have on offer to drive down the cost of litigation.
• EL/PL claims handlers’ course - ensuring that your junior handlers have sound knowledge and are fully informed in this quickly changing arena.
• Expert legal input throughout your claim – with expertise in technical complex claims including CPRS, Human Rights Act, misfeasance in public office, secondary victims, vascular neuropathy, long-tail and short-tail disease and psychiatric injury and counter fraud defences.
• Recoveries against third parties – our specialist recoveries team advises in complex multi-party actions where contractual indemnities play a key role e.g. the construction industry.
• Policy coverage advice – recognising that coverage is fundamental to any EL/PL claim, our expert team will ensure clear and concise coverage advice is provided at the outset, with standalone advice also provided in relation to insurance coverage disputes.