James Delaney

Director

Having achieved a Masters in Law, James began his career in Commercial Before the Event Litigation Insurance. In 2000 James made the transition to After the Event Insurance as an Underwriter. James left his position as senior ATE underwriter in 2005 when he joined the team at TheJudge. James is responsible for managing the Commercial Litigation team at TheJudge.

James has brokered some of highest indemnity cases ever written in the industry and is frequently engaged by top dispute resolution teams to secure appropriate risk transfer terms for their clients. James also regularly writes for various legal publications including; The Lawyer, Legal Week, Litigation Funding, Commercial Litigation Journal as well as national papers such as the Financial Times.

James is passionate about providing a “no nonsense” approach to advice and guidance to all clients that engage his services.  James has a strong reputation in legal circles for being a fixer for even the most complex cost issues.

Matthew Amey

Director

Matthew Amey is a director at TheJudge. Having obtained his Law Degree, Matthew began his insurance career in the Before the Event insurance market before becoming an After the Event Insurance underwriter during which time he developed a particular interest in de-risking commercial litigation. Matthew joined TheJudge in 2005 during a time of impressive growth in demand for ATE and when Third Party Funding was in its infancy.

Matthew regularly speaks on After the Event Insurance and Litigation Funding at Central Law Training and various legal seminars and also regularly contributes to legal publications including the Law Society’s ‘Litigation Funding’ magazine. He also attends the Civil Justice Council meetings on Third Party Funding and wrote the insurance section for the Law Society’s “Conditional Fees - A Survival Guide (3rd Edition)”. He has helped design the specialist facilities and products for key areas such as professional negligence and international arbitration, in particular bi-lateral investment treaty arbitrations. Matthew has also assisted large corporates hedge their multi-million pound exposure to worldwide group liitgation.

James Blick

Director

James has a BA in History from Royal Holloway University of London, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of Sussex and completed the LPC at Guildford College of Law.

After completing his studies, James spent a number of years with a leading legal expenses insurer, initially as a costs negotiator, before moving to the technical claims team where he focused on complex and large loss legal expenses insurance claims.

James joined TheJudge in 2008, where he specialises in arranging bespoke insurance and funding solutions for complex commercial disputes, as well as portfolio arrangements for law firms. James has a particular interest in intellectual property litigation and has a leading reputation as the “go to” contact for hedging risk in patent litigation.

James regularly provides CPD training and advice to leading law firms and has spoken at numerous conferences and events, including the R3 Conferences, No 5 Chambers Commercial Litigation Funding Conference and Central Law Training. James has also contributed to various legal publications, including the Law Society’s Litigation Funding Magazine, the Commercial Litigation Journal and Patent World Magazine.

To recognise James’ dedication and professionalism, he was made a Director of TheJudge in August 2011. The Board are very much looking forward to benefitting from James’ technical understanding and commercial awareness on the Board.

Matthew Little

Senior Commercial Broker

Matthew Little has a degree in Law and like many of the team has a strong background in litigation insurance. Matthew began his career in before-the-event legal expenses insurance before becoming a senior litigation insurance underwriter for a major AA rated insurer.

Matthew has experience across the full litigation spectrum with a particular expertise in commercial and insolvency litigation.

Matthew regularly provides CPD training to law firms on all areas pertaining to litigation insurance and funding. Matthew prides himself on his strength of relationships with the firms he deals with and ensuring they are always up to speed with the latest market developments.

Helen Smith

Senior Broker

Helen is a specialist broker handling medium to high value cases.  Helen has been responsible for arranging some of the largest industry placements in the past 12 months in addition to aiding in the design and implementation of some of the most novel and creative solutions for law firms seeking to have a cutting edge in their approach to client risk management advice.

Helen knows how to precisely construct a portfolio facility so that it provides law firms with efficiency savings and improved client acquisition within whichever specialist fields the firm operates.

Helen enjoys a leading reputation with her key solicitor clients and believes strongly that a proactive approach is the best way to meeting the needs of her contacts and their clients alike.

Katherine Hemsley

Senior Broker

Katherine has spent much of her career at TheJudge, even prior to her law degree and therefore has a good understanding as to how the market has developed and where it is heading.  Katherine has an excellent reputation in broking cases in the SME and civil litigation sector in addition to handling insurance/funding arrangements for some of the largest cases being litigated in the UK.

Katherine’s personable manner and industry experience ensures she is equipped to handle all enquiries she receives.

In addition to the above individuals TheJudge has a supporting team of brokers and business professionals both domestically but also internationally.