Cecile Lonjarret

Biography

Cécile trained and qualified at a top London professional indemnity and insurance law firm where she defended professional indemnity claims against architects, accountants, solicitors, barristers and financial advisers and was seconded to a global insurer for a period. Cécile decided to use the knowledge she had gained in defending professional negligence claims to switch sides and act for Claimants and joined Wynterhill from a top-ranked London insurance practice where, as a policyholder coverage lawyer, she worked with a number of experienced Partners involved in complex disputes relating to professions, financial risks and construction.

In recent years she has been focusing back on professional liability claims again and has had experience of :
 Pre-action disputes, having brought and settled claims under the Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol;
 Alternative Dispute Resolution, having settled cases at mediation;
 The formal court process; and
 Representing clients in group litigation in respect of professional negligence claims against their conveyancer.