Dr. Digby Jess
Digby has over 30 years’ experience of commercial, professional negligence, and construction litigation and arbitration, and is recommended by Havers' Directory of the Bar and The Legal 500. He is a nationally acknowledged author of several textbooks, and, as a practitioner has appeared in many reported cases in insurance law.
Digby is one of very few practising Barristers in the North of England who is also a fully-trained Chartered Arbitrator, and he has been on the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Panel of Arbitrators since 1999 and is now on TECBAR's approved list of Arbitrators for building/construction disputes. He has received many appointments in both commercial disputes, and building/construction arbitrations, where the value of the dispute has ranged from tens of thousands to many millions.
Digby is well-known to the North West branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, having been active in it since 1981 and having served as its Chairman in 1992-93.
Digby's main areas of practice are:-
* Insurance disputes on policy coverage
* Commercial litigation, mainly contract based
* Commercial arbitration
* Construction – adjudication, litigation and arbitration
* Professional negligence
To view and purchase Digby's latest publications please click on the links below:
Professional Indemnity Insurance Law
The Insurance of Commercial Risks
