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Martin Jensen
Partner
London
Martin is a highly experienced insurance and professional liability lawyer. He is frequently appointed in respect of high-value and complex claims involving solicitors, surveyors, insolvency practitioners, receivers, property agents, accountants and insurance brokers.
Martin is also regularly instructed to advise insurers on a wide range of complex policy coverage issues, including in relation to notification, aggregation, fair presentation and the application of various policy exclusions.
Martin’s recent experience includes:
- Securing the strike out of a claim for £78 million against court appointed receivers in respect of their sale of Blackpool Football Club and related property assets on the grounds that the claim was an abuse of process and that the receivers derived immunity from the High Court’s prior approval of the proposed sale – Denaxe Ltd v (1) Paul Cooper (2) David Rubin [2022] EWHC 764 (Ch);
- Successfully pursuing an insurance broker for an indemnity following its failure to secure appropriate cover for a legal practice client;
- Successfully pursuing a claim for reimbursement on behalf of insurers against an insured solicitor in respect of prejudice resulting from late notification of circumstances;
- Advising a commercial property owner on a substantial defects claim under a collateral warranty;
- Advising insurers in respect of policy issues arising from a solicitor’s involvement in a suspected multi-million pound fraudulent investment scheme;
- Advising insurers in respect of various policy issues arising from a group action against pension fund trustees.
Martin also has considerable experience in relation to claims involving educational institutions where he has represented schools and universities in a variety of matters including:
- Defending claims for breach of contract, including failures in the supervision of postgraduate degree courses;
- Defending claims of unlawful discrimination and victimisation under the Equality Act 2010;
- Representing institutions in respect of OIA referrals;
- Advising institutions in respect of their disciplinary policies and procedures;
- Representing institutions in judicial review proceedings.
Notable examples include:
- Representing a university in connection with the reopening of an inquest into the death of one of its student rowers during a training trip in Spain.
- Defending claims by a student against a university in respect of the conduct of their supervisor on a counselling and psychotherapy course.
- Defending a claim of race discrimination against the University of Oxford at first instance, and in the Court of Appeal in relation to the ambit of the role of assessors appointed pursuant to section 67(4) of the Race Relations Act 1976 (Ahmed v Governing Body of The University of Oxford & Anor [2002] EWCA Civ 1907).