Josephine Higgs, KC
Josephine Higgs KC is a barrister at 7 King’s Bench Walk practising in all areas of commercial law with a particular emphasis on insurance and reinsurance, professional negligence, civil fraud, conflict of laws and jurisdiction, international arbitration, and energy and natural resources. She is recommended in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as a leading silk for insurance, commercial dispute resolution and professional negligence, and has been described in the directories as “a complete pleasure to work with and a superb advocate”, “absolutely brilliant”, “very focused” and “ferociously hard-working”. She has been instructed in a broad spectrum of cases of different types and sizes in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Commercial Court, and in domestic and international arbitrations (including ICC, LCIA, ARIAS and Bermuda Form arbitrations), as well as cases in other jurisdictions. She regularly advises and acts in cases with an international flavour, often involving conflicts of laws and jurisdictional issues and matters of international commerce. Jo has extensive experience of large-scale, long-running, complex commercial disputes acting as part of a team of counsel and working closely with solicitors, clients, witnesses and experts. Recent notable cases in which Jo has been instructed include Zephyrus Aviation Partners v Fidelis Underwriting Limited [2024] EWHC 734 (Comm), Gatwick Investment Ltd v Liberty Mutual Insurance Company SE [2024] EWHC 124 (Comm), Al Mana Lifestyle Trading LLC v United Fidelity Insurance Company PSC [2023] EWCA Civ 61, Harcus Sinclair LLP v Your Lawyers Ltd [2022] AC 1271, and FCA v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd (the BI test case).