Alastair Gillespie

Alastair Gillespie

Partner

Alastair acts for national insurers and their policyholders, local authorities, corporations, retailers and private organisations. He has conducted the defence of several precedent-setting cases in the field of historical child abuse, including KR & Others v Royal and Sun Alliance, AB & Others v Nugent Care and the Bryn Alyn litigation.

He is listed as a leading individual in Litigation (insurance/reinsurance) and Personal Injury (defendant) within Legal 500.


T +44 (0) 151 600 8916
M +44 (0) 7767 790013
F +44 (0) 151 600 8001

Office

Liverpool

Practice areas and sectors

Insurance

Work specialisms

  • insurance
  • insurance litigation
  • personal injury
  • employers liability
  • public liability
  • social care
  • abuse

Career

Wayman-Hales, trainee, 1992 - 1994
Wayman-Hales, solicitor, 1994 - 1997
Hill Dickinson, solicitor, 1997 - 2000
Hill Dickinson, partner, 2000 -

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Affiliations

  • Member of the Law Society

Reported cases

  • AB & Others v Nugent Care Society [2008] EWCA Civ 795, CA
  • KR & Others v Royal and Sun Alliance plc [2007] Bus. L.R. 139, CA
  • Sherlock v Chester City Council [2004] EWCA Civ 201, CA
  • Various Claimants v Bryn Alyn Community(1) Royal and Sun Alliance plc (2) [2003] 3 WLR 107, CA