Emily Monastiriotis#3156

Emily Monastiriotis

Emily is head of the Simmons and Simmons Insurance and Construction group in the UK and has particular experience in construction disputes and professional indemnity claims. She has advised insurers and all sides of the construction industry on a wide range of construction and engineering disputes and has pursued and defended claims for delay and associated costs, final accounts, fees and defective works. She has acted in professional negligence claims representing PI Insurers and professional insureds (in particular architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and other construction specialists) and is an expert in cladding claims.

Emily has worked on arbitrations (both domestic and international), court proceedings and adjudications. She has particular expertise on acting in arbitrations involving construction projects in the Middle East where she travels to frequently.
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Design and build insurance for the construction industry
Design and build insurance for the construction industry
Practice notes

This Practice Note examines the nature of design and build insurance which is used by contractors undertaking design and build projects and explains the difference between professional indemnity insurance taken out by consultants. The note explains that this type of insurance only covers design work and other professional duties, but it does not provide any cover in respect of the construction works. The note also deals with the other typical exclusions from this type of policy.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2002

Membership

  • Society of Construction Law

Qualification

  • BA Hons, English Language and Linguistics (1998)

Education

  • Durham University (1998)

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