Rob Crossingham
Rob Crossingham is a Partner in the insurance, financial and professional disputes team in the London office of Clyde & Co.
Qualifying more than 20 years ago, Rob’s practice has focussed on professional liability and insurance coverage matters. The majority of his clients are insurers, and he also accepts direct instructions from commercial entities and professional services firms.
Rob’s practice tends to focus on professional liability disputes involving financial or property transactions. He often advises on pure insurance and coverage issues arising across the professional indemnity field. During his career, Rob has acted for all manner of professionals including solicitors, accountants/auditors, construction professionals, surveyors/valuers, financial professionals, and financial institutions (in particular, SIPP administrators). He has experience in matters involving the emerging and ‘miscellaneous’ professions, including yacht designers, agronomists, estate agents, auctioneers, IT/media professionals, forensic scientists and property search providers. Rob has represented professionals in disciplinary proceedings before bodies including ACCA and the ARB.
Rob sits on the professional disciplinary panel of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), and is a member of The Law Society’s Professional Indemnity Committee. He is a qualified mediator, and has extensive experience in handling disputes in litigation before the courts as well as in arbitration and adjudication (under the ‘Construction Act’). Rob has extensive experience in defending clients before the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
Rob has been consistently ranked by Legal 500 for insurance/reinsurance disputes, professional liability and professional disciplinary. He is described as “dynamic, thoughtful, hard-working and client-orientated” and being “a reassuring, calm and brilliant presence on matters”.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2000
Experience
- Clyde & Co LLP (Apr 2022 - Present)
- Weightmans LLP (Dec 2008 - Apr 2022)
- Squire & Co (May 2002 - Dec 2008)
- 11 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn (Oct 2001 - May 2002)
- 9 Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn (Oct 2000 - May 2001)
Membership
- The Law Society of England & Wales, Professional Indemnity Committee
- Royal Institute of British Architects, Professional Disciplinary Committee
- Professional Negligence Bar Association, Member
- The Law Society of England & Wales, Member
- The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, Barrister
Qualifications
- Solicitor (2007)
- Barrister, Hon. Soc. Lincoln’s Inn (2000)
- LL.B (Hons) (KCL) (1999)
Education
- BPP (2007)
- Inns of Court School of Law (1999-2000)
- King’s College London, Univ. of London (1995-1999)
- Panthéon-Sorbonne, Univ. de Paris I (1997-1998)
4 Contributions by Rob Crossingham
PRACTICE NOTES
ICAEW professional indemnity insurance: regulatory requirements, approved insurers, ARP, Minimum Terms and Conditions (limits, excess, DIC), notification, run-off, silent cyber, exclusions and dispute resolution
This Practice Note outlines the professional indemnity insurance (PII) obligations for accountants and auditors, together with detailed guidance on the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Minimum Terms and Conditions (MTC).
Regulatory setting
Who is the regulator?
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) provides non-statutory oversight of how the six chartered accountancy bodies regulate their members. Each of these bodies sets its own professional indemnity insurance requirements. This Practice Note concentrates on the ICAEW, one of those bodies. As an improvement regulator, the ICAEW safeguards the public by ensuring members uphold the highest levels of professional competence and conduct.
Is insurance compulsory for practice/membership?
Professional indemnity insurance is mandatory for all ICAEW members who hold a practising certificate and operate in public practice. Members must follow the ICAEW PII Regulations, which specify the required level of cover, the participating insurers, and the minimum policy wording those insurers must adopt. The latest PII Regulations take effect from 1 September 2024.
Is there an approved list of insurers?
Firms must place the insurance required by the PII Regulations with a participating insurer (current list available...
Insurance & Reinsurance
PRACTICE NOTES
Professional indemnity insurance for FCA-regulated intermediaries and personal investment firms: MIPRU 3 and IPRU-INV 13 requirements on adequacy, limits, exclusions, ARs and RMAR reporting (UK)
This Practice Note outlines the professional indemnity insurance obligations for FCA-regulated practitioners. These obligations extend to all financial services firms, insurance firms, consumer credit firms and investment firms, as well as individuals delivering services within the sector.
Regulatory setting
Who is the regulator (if any)?
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulates the UK’s financial services industry, overseeing the conduct of nearly 42,000 businesses, prudentially supervising around 41,000 firms and setting specific standards for around 17,000 firms. Unlike regulators of professional services, such as the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the FCA is not a professional body. Rather, it functions as a financial regulatory authority in the UK. It operates independently of government and is financed through fees levied on members of the financial services industry. All financial services firms, consumer credit firms and investment firms must be authorised by the FCA, including individuals providing services in the sector.
Is insurance compulsory?
The FCA states that certain firms must hold professional indemnity insurance (PII) because: (i) it provides an additional financial resource enabling firms to meet justified...
Insurance & Reinsurance
PRACTICE NOTES
RICS PII for surveyors and valuers (UK): minimum terms, cover, claims, exclusions, aggregation, consumer run-off, ARP, cyber, dispute resolution and July 2025 updates
This Practice Note outlines the professional indemnity insurance (PII) obligations for surveyors and valuation specialists, and provides detailed, practical direction on the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Minimum Terms and Conditions (MTC).
Regulatory setting
Who is the regulator?
In the UK and Ireland, RICS acts as the independent regulator for surveyors and valuers across the profession.
Is insurance compulsory for practice/membership?
Under the RICS Rules of Conduct, every RICS‑regulated firm must maintain, at all times, ‘adequate and appropriate’ PII that satisfies standards expressly approved by RICS.
What is the regulator’s rationale for having MTC?
RICS cites three principal and clear grounds for its PII framework:
To ensure that, when a firm faces a claim, it is shielded from financial losses it cannot satisfy from its own funds.
To safeguard the insured member or practice against liability for damages payable to third parties arising from breaches of professional duty committed in the course of professional work.
To make sure clients are not left with uncompensated financial loss that the firm is unable to meet.
Accordingly, the mandatory PII regime is justified by the twin aims of protecting the firm and protecting the public in practice overall. Note that, unlike the...
Insurance & Reinsurance
PRACTICE NOTES
UK architects’ professional indemnity insurance: ARB 2025 Code, PII guidance and RIBA standards—limits, run-off, exclusions (fire/cladding), notification and aggregation
This Practice Note explains the professional indemnity insurance (PII) obligations for architects, with specific guidance on the Architects Registration Board (ARB) minimum standards.
Regulatory setting
Who is the regulator?
The ARB is the statutory regulator for architects under the Architects Act 1997 (the Act). Under section 13, the ARB must issue a code setting out the standards of professional conduct and practice expected of registered architects: the Architects Code: Standards of Professional Conduct and Practice.
A revised Code of Conduct took effect on 1 September 2025 (the ARB Code), superseding the 2017 edition.
Non-compliance with the ARB Code does not, in itself, amount to unacceptable professional conduct or serious professional incompetence; however, it will be considered in any proceedings before the ARB’s Professional Conduct Committee.
From June 2022, the Building Safety Act 2022 broadened the ARB’s powers, enabling it to assess architects’ competence, set relevant criteria, and remove an architect from the register where those criteria are not met, or...
Insurance & Reinsurance
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