Jeremy Cassrels
Associate
Biography
Language - English
Jurisdiction - New South Wales, Australia
Jeremy is an Australian-qualified associate in the London insurance litigation team. Jeremy works closely with Alex Davis, Richard Hugg, Mateusz Bek, and Joe O'Keeffe representing clients on contentious and advisory insurance-related matters.
Jeremy qualified in New South Wales, Australia, in December 2017 and has practised predominantly in commercial litigation since then, including having worked on insurance related disputes. In Sydney, Jeremy was representing clients in the Australian equivalent of the United Kingdom Supreme Court and the New South Wales equivalent of the Court of Appeal and the High Court of England & Wales, among other courts and tribunals. In London, Jeremy has honed in on insurance related disputes, particularly those with a marine or cargo focus.
Experience
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Claim against multinational war risk insurer
Acted for a large multinational war-risk insurer in a multi-billion dollar claim in relation to aircraft seized in Russia following Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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Investigation into yacht that sunk off Italy's coast in August 2024
Acted for a large London-market marine insurer in its investigation of the tragic circumstances of a well-known yacht that sunk off Italy's coast in August 2024
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Assured's claim under hull and machinery policy for sunken yacht
Acting for an assured - whose yacht caught fire and sunk off the coast of Mallorca - seeking an indemnity on a hull and machinery policy for loss and damage
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Defending errors and omissions claims against multi-national insurer for alleged broking negligence
Acted for a multinational insurer in defending allegations of professional broking negligence
