Graham Denny

Practice Areas

A founding partner of Wordley Partnership. Graham’s practice focuses on national and international dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration) as well as insurance and reinsurance including: advising on (re)insurance product development; defending clients against proceedings and regulatory investigations; and, advising clients on insurance and reinsurance coverage disputes.

In relation to (re)insurance Graham’s expertise focusses on advising and acting on high value and complex litigation and (re)insurance coverage matters in the following areas: professional negligence/indemnity; corporate liability and management liability; fidelity/crime; marine cargo; trade credit; political risk; property damage; business interruption and contingent business interruption claims (including Bermuda Form arbitrations).

Graham also acts as a virtual General Counsel for some clients. In terms of the sectors of the clients that he advises, these are broad and include the insurance, financial services, legal, property, commodity and sports sectors.

Career

- Wordley Partnership · (Partner) Apr 2019 – Present

- EC3 Legal (Partner) July 2017 - Mar 2019

- HFW (Parter) April 2014 – June 2017

- HFW (Associate / Senior Associate) August 2004 to March 2014

- Vizards Wyeth (Associate) April 2002 – July 2004

- Hextall Erskine (Trainee) September 2000 – April 2002)

Professional Memberships

- Member of the Solicitors’ Regulatory Authority.

Publications

- Mondaq, “D&O In the Spotlight” (with Costas Frangeskides) (Nov 2008);

- Mondaq, “D&O and the Environment” (Dec 2008);

- Mondaq, “Trends in Class and Derivative Actions – Should we be concerned?” (Mar 2009);

- Mondaq, “Conditions Precedent: Wording and Interpretation (April 2010);

- The In-House Lawyer, “Business Interruption Insurance: the Importance of understanding cover” (with Paul Wordley) (2011);

- Insurance Day, “Madoff and Insurance Coverage” (2011);

- Journal of the British Insurance Law Association (issue 124) “Insurance Coverage Issues affecting the Financial Services industry”

- Anti Corruption and Compliance Guide, “A rapidly evolving legal landscape” (Oct 2014);

- Insurance Day, “The effect of fronting on contract certainty” (2015);

- Insurance Times, “Insurance is a business enabler” (Sept 2017);

- The Value of Trade Credit Insurance (2021) (Wordley Partnership website).

Work Highlights

- Shalson v and others v Russo, Cantrust and others [2005] Ch 281;

- HLB Kidsons v Lloyd’s Underwriters & Others [2007] EWHC 1951 & [2007] EWHC 2699 & [2008] EWCA Civ 1206

- Stephen Allen v Miles Smith PLC & Michael Seaman [2011] All ER (D) 149 (Dec]

- The Secretary of State for Justice v Topland Group PLC, Andrew Smith and Others [2012] EWHC 1280 (QB)

- VHV Allgemeine Versicherung AG v (1) Tawuniya (2) Ma’aden Aluminium Company (3) Saudi Arabian Mining Company and (4) Alcoa Inc [2014]

- Numerous International Arbitrations focussing on insurance coverage issues [Bermuda Form; LCIA; ICC].

Industry Sector Expertise

- (re)insurance - professional negligence/indemnity; corporate liability and management liability; fidelity/crime; marine cargo; trade credit; political risk; property damage; business interruption and contingent business interruption claims (including Bermuda Form arbitrations).

- Commercial litigation for clients in the following sectors: insurance, financial services, legal, property, manufacturing; construction, commodity and sports sectors

Expert in these Jurisdictions

- Qualified to advise in the jurisdiction of England and Wales, although Graham acts on disputes which have originated from and have links with as well as satellite legal proceedings in many other jurisdictions including in the United States; Europe; the Middle East and Far East.

Languages Spoken

English

Education