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Elaine Mitchell

Consultant Solicitor

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

elaine.mitchell@keystonelaw.co.uk

Elaine is a highly experienced professional negligence lawyer with over 10 years of expertise advising on claims against traditional professionals such as solicitors, accountants, insurance brokers and surveyors, as well as claims against emerging professionals, such as loss adjusters. She has previously specialised exclusively in defending professional negligence claims for many of the UK’s leading professional indemnity insurers and a range of professional policyholders.

More recently, and as Head of Professional Indemnity at a top 100 global law firm, Elaine has been responsible for designing and embedding risk management and compliance programmes, managing claims and complaints received by the firm, and arranging primary and excess layer professional indemnity insurance cover.

While continuing to act for defendants, Elaine also now acts for claimants, who benefit from the dedicated knowledge, experience and insight that make her a true professional negligence specialist.

Expertise

Elaine advises on complex professional negligence claims, including high-value disputes against law firms, accountants, and insurance brokers, guiding clients through litigation and mediation.

Experience

  • Acted in a £700,000 professional negligence claim against a law firm arising out of an unfair dismissal claim against the claimant’s former employer. The claim was not capable of early resolution and went to trial, where the client was successful.
  • Acted in a number of high-value professional negligence claims involving breach of warranty of authority, where an individual’s identity was stolen and their property sold without their knowledge or consent.
  • Acted in a multi-million-pound dispute against a law firm arising out of negligent advice about a share purchase agreement. The claim was resolved at mediation.
  • Acted in various claims against accountants involving negligent advice relating to entrepreneurs’ relief, CGT, rollover relief and R&D tax relief.
  • Acted in claims against insurance brokers involving the failure to procure an appropriate level of cover and the failure to notify a circumstance on behalf of the policyholder.

Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.

Elaine qualified as a solicitor in 2010. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2025, she worked at the following firms:

  • Mills & Reeve
  • Gowling WLG
  • Browne Jacobson