Ashley is a partner within our Dispute Resolution team who specialises in the field of professional negligence. She heads the firm’s centre of excellence for professional negligence disputes.
A seasoned commercial litigator for almost 20 years, Ashley has a successful track record of acting for both professional indemnity insurers and commercial clients in high value, complex, professional negligence claims. She brings her knowledge and experience of acting for insurers to both the pursuit and defence of claims.
Ashley has successfully handled complex and high value professional liability disputes across a wide range of industry sectors including construction, property, corporate finance, financial services, pensions and insolvency.
Clients include insurers, professional services firms, commercial clients and private individuals. She has acted in disputes involving lawyers, accountants, engineers, insolvency practitioners, architects, surveyors and construction professionals.
In additional to her first class credentials in the professional liability arena, Ashley has significant experience of advising on insurance policy coverage disputes, shareholder disputes and contractual disputes. She has particular experience of cases involving allegations of fraud, breach of trust and breach of fiduciary duties.
Ashley is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Professional Negligence law as well as being recognised for that work in both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
She is very organised and easy to work with.
Chambers 2022
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