Subrogated recoveries

Our experience

• Successful recovery of a significant sum of money following a fire caused by a washing machine. The forensic evidence was not supportive of the recovery but by applying the appropriate commercial pressures, we secured a recovery of more than 80%.
• After a pipe serving the policyholder’s basement swimming pool ruptured causing significant damage to the basement and its high value contents, we successfully recovered a significant amount of our client’s losses from the swimming pool contractor.
• Successful recovery from the Environment Agency after a flood caused significant damage to property at a holiday park.
• We recovered nearly 75% of our client’s losses from a gas engineer after works to replace gas pipes at a property caused a fire. The successful recovery was made all the more challenging because the three companies involved in the works, including the gas supplier, all sought to blame each other. 
• A fire in the ductwork in a kitchen at a conference centre caused significant damage and interruption to the business. We successfully negotiated a recovery from both the cleaning contractor for the cause of the fire and the contractor who installed the ductwork, the latter’s negligent construction allowing the fire to cause more damage than it otherwise should have.

Our lawyers

The advice provided by our subrogation team is tailored to meet each individual client’s needs. We have strength and depth in the team, both in London and regionally.