Jonathan Spencer
Jonathan is a partner in the Simmons & Simmons Insurance and Construction group. Jonathan specialises in construction disputes, including defending professional negligence claims against architects, engineers, surveyors and design & build contractors. Jonathan also regularly advises London market insurers on complex, high value coverage disputes.
Jonathan’s caseload routinely involves mediations, arbitrations, adjudications and litigation (generally in the Technology and Construction Court). He has experience of a wide variety of construction disputes involving: iconic buildings; sports grounds; schools; hospitals; large residential schemes; commercial/retail; and waste to energy facilities.
Jonathan has undertaken a year-long client secondment at a major international Insurer, and has been recognised in the Legal 500 UK 2017, 2018 & 2019 editions for “strong commercial acumen”, and for being “active in construction disputes” and “ambitious, dedicated and commercially astute.”
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2009
Membership
- Society of Construction Law
Qualifications
- LLB (2005)
- LPC (2006)
Education
- University of Sussex (2002-2005)
- University of Cardiff (2005 -2006)
2 Contributions by Jonathan Spencer
PRACTICE NOTES
Construction product liability insurance: scope of cover, common exclusions (recall, economic loss, design), and available extensions including contractual liability
This Practice Note examines product liability insurance primarily through the lens of participants in the construction sector. While this form of cover is relevant to many other industries, for present purposes those fall beyond the remit of this Practice Note (see Practice Note: Product liability and product recall insurance and Q&A: What is Products Liability Insurance?).
What is product liability insurance and who needs it?
In the construction context, product liability insurance is a form of cover that safeguards the insured against liability for death or bodily injury (excluding employees) or for property damage, where such liabilities arise from defects in products that have been used in the course of a construction project.
Firms that manufacture and/or supply products intended to be incorporated into a building structure may face legal action if faults in those products cause damage or injury to the structure concerned.
For example:
a supplier might face proceedings if concrete it supplied to a contractor for a building’s foundations was later found to be defective and, as a consequence, the structure of that building collapsed as a direct result...
Construction
PRACTICE NOTES
Design and build contractors’ PI insurance: cover, exclusions, mitigation costs, cladding, fitness for purpose and pricing risk
What is design and build?
In its essence, design and build (D&B):
is a procurement route under which one organisation (the D&B contractor) takes responsibility for both the design and the construction stages of a scheme, and
can give the employer a single point of contact and accountability, thereby lowering the employer’s risk.
Whilst D&B places greater risk on the D&B contractor, this is dealt with through pricing overall
What is D&B insurance and why is it needed?...
Construction
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