Kate Dwyer
Kate is a Legal Director in our Insurance Disputes team, known for her strategic and commercially-minded approach to complex insurance disputes.
She is passionate about helping policyholders recover their rightful entitlements, with a focus on high-value property damage and business interruption claims. With strong grasp of technical insurance issues, Kate is a trusted advisor to businesses and individuals navigating difficult or denied claims.
She joined Edwin Coe in 2015, bringing with her a wealth of international litigation experience.
Kate advises corporate and individual policyholders:
- A wide range of insurance-related matters, including policy interpretation, coverage disputes, and professional negligence claims.
- She frequently acts on substantial property damage claims arising from fires, floods, or theft, as well as related business interruption and under-insurance issues.
- Her work spans litigation, arbitration, and mediation, and she is particularly experienced in claims involving professional negligence by insurance brokers, solicitors, accountants and architects.
- Also has sector-specific experience in the hospitality, e-commerce and waste management industries.
Expertise
Insurance Disputes
Policy Coverage
Property Damage and Business interruption
Professional Indemnity
Credentials
Ranked in Chambers UK 2026
Recommended in The Legal 500 UK 2026
Member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association
Member of the London Business Interruption Association
EXPERIENCE
Kate’s experience includes:
Insurance: Acting for a Claimant in respect of material damage and business interruption losses where the insurer denied cover relying on a material misrepresentation argument.
Insurance: Acting for a Claimant in relation to a claim arising from the collapse of a structure undergoing renovation works where the insurer denied cover on the basis that the proximate cause of the collapse was excluded by the policy terms.
Professional Negligence: Acting for the Claimant’s waste recycling business in a claim against its insurance broker in negligence for failure to advise on disclosure issues, policy conditions and failure to arrange cover which provided an indemnity in relation to loss of profit and stock debris removal.
Professional Negligence: Acting for a Claimant in a professional negligence claim in respect of inheritance tax advice given by a firm of accountants.
Professional Negligence: Various claims against insurance brokers for negligent advice on the operation of warranties and conditions precedent.
Professional Negligence: Acting for various lenders in relation to claims against valuers arising from negligent overvaluations in mortgage valuation reports.
Professional Negligence: Acting for various lenders in relation to claims against conveyancing solicitors including failing to register a mortgage and failing to disclose sub sale transactions.
Professional Negligence: Acting for a Claimant in a professional negligence claim against a firm of solicitors for failing to obtain relief from forfeiture involving complex valuation issues arising from a lost interest in a leasehold commercial property.
Kate is very thorough and competent in this area of work.
Chambers UK 2026
Kate is knowledgeable and well liked by clients.
Chambers UK 2026
Kate Dwyer is very bright, has an eye for detail and is a very good technical lawyer and also has great client-handling skills.
The Legal 500 UK 2026
“Kate Dwyer is good with handling clients”
The Legal 500 UK 2025
“Kate Dwyer and Oliver Parnell are the standout individuals”
The Legal 500 UK 2024
“Kate Dwyer is particularly good”
The Legal 500 UK 2017
Kate is rated by her clients for her good service and professionalism
Client Feedback 2024