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Ross Baker

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Ross specialises in directors and officers (D&O) liability and professional indemnity insurance with a focus on claims against D&Os, property professionals, accountants, financial intermediaries, brokers and solicitors. He also acts on high profile (re)insurance coverage instructions.

He has defended numerous claims involving allegations of breach of warranty of authority, fraud, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence. His D&O expertise includes claims involving breaches of directors’ duties, regulatory investigations, insolvency issues, Equality Act breaches, defamation claims, shareholder disputes, trustee disputes and data protection breaches.

Acting on high profile insurance coverage cases he has advised on fair presentation, double insurance, attribution of knowledge, proportionate remedies, Third Parties Rights Against Insurers Act 2010 issues, notification of circumstances and claims,  effect of criminal acts and dishonesty, attribution of knowledge, s. 51 Senior Courts Act risks, rights of set-off, number and aggregation of claims and excesses and allocation of claims between prior, later, co- and re- insurers.

Ross’ recent experience includes:

  •  Providing coverage advice to insurers in relation to the alleged failure of auditors to properly investigate the directors of an unrated Caribbean insurance company using US$1.2B of fraudulent gold reserve notes to support the balance sheet.
  • Advising the professional indemnity insurers of a surgeon on coverage and allocation of claims in a £37m settlement fund for over 750 claimants.
  • Providing coverage advice to insurers in relation to the failure of a £110M+ tax mitigation scheme.

Ross is recommended in the Global Guide of Who’s Who Legal for Professional Negligence and in the Legal 500 for Professional Negligence and London Insurance & Reinsurance Litigation.

He is also a member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers’ Sector Focus Team for Professional Indemnity (London Market).

  • T: +44 (0) 20 7469 0509
  • M: +44 (0) 774 190 6334
  • E: r.baker@beale-law.com
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  • Professional indemnity
  • Coverage and policy drafting
  • Directors & officers, financial institutions and crime

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Ross Baker – insurers and reinsurers trust him with their very high profile and high value work – with good reason. He has huge experience of insurance litigation and is tough but also has great soft skills.Legal 500 2023 – Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation
Ross Baker – a new arrival who has excellent understanding of the law, sound judgment and is very good with clients.Legal 500 2023 – Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation
Ross Baker is a true expert in insurance and reinsurance litigation, offering unbeatable knowledge in this area of the law and a wealth of practical experience to match it. He demonstrates excellent judgement and offers clients sound and strategic advice, whilst also ensuring that clients are always kept up to date throughout the litigation process. A very safe pair of hands, no matter how challenging the case.Legal 500 2023 – Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation
Ross Baker is a pleasant, personable and disarming individual with a penchant for simplifying the dry and byzantine principles of law into digestible and relatable bites. He is a delight to work with – highly engaged and responsive and an eye for the key issues, combined with great attention to detail.Legal 500 2023 – Professional Negligence

Articles by this Author

  • Trading beyond the Twilight Zone? What are a director’s duties and responsibilities after liquidators are appointed?

    May 2023
    Ross Baker and Andrew Layton-Morris
  • Trading in the Twilight Zone – When does the Creditor Duty arise for Company Directors? A round-up of the recent cases applying the Supreme Court decision in Sequana.

    March 2023
    Ross Baker, Andrew Layton-Morris and Deen Taj
  • Former executives ordered to pay £80 billion in damages over Fukushima nuclear disaster: an example of what could come for those at the frontline of managing risk

    July 2022
    Ross Baker, Nathan Penny-Larter and Zoe White

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