Colin Hayes

He has over a decade’s experience acting for clients in complex insurance claims, with a focus on policy coverage disputes, direct first party claims by policyholders against their insurers and, more recently, collective redress through policyholder group action claims. Coline has experience advising both policyholders and insurers on high value and complex coverage litigation, including many disputes with an international or multijurisdictional angle and complex fraud cases. He is also a committee member of the Cyber Insurance Association, where he acts as membership secretary, and is involved the organisation of regular webinars and seminar events in regard to this developing area of insurance law and practice.

In addition to specialist insurance litigation work, Colin also regularly acts for, often very large, groups of claimants in bringing complex group action claims, particularly in regard to financial services disputes, insurance matters, and claims arising out of failed property investment schemes. Moreover, Colin has extensive experience acting on professional negligence claims, including claims against solicitors, the full spectrum of construction professionals, accountants, insurance brokers, and many other professions.