Sophie Briggs

Principal Associate

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What can I do for you

Sophie joined Mills & Reeve LLP in September 2017 and currently works with a range of professionals and their insurers to resolve disputes. This includes assisting with professional negligence claims against doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, solicitors, architects and other construction professionals.

What do others say

Clients appreciate Sophie's "calm and professional" manner in assisting with the resolution of disputes.   

The Legal 500 directory acknowledges the insurance team as “a strong name in the market”. As part of a full service law firm, the team is able to draw on the expertise of other colleagues in the firm in finding practical ways to resolve disputes.

Supporting your ambitions

Successfully resolved a number of claims for a national medical provider, and in several cases negotiated significantly lower commercial settlements than the headline figures claimed.

Worked on a number of construction claims, including assisting an insured architect to resolve a potential dispute relating to a discrepancy in planning drawings alleged to be worth in excess of £1.5 million.

Assisted in investigating a potential claim in connection with the management of asbestos, estimated to be worth in excess of £1 million.

What else should you know?

Sophie is an active member of the Insurance Institute of Norwich, and sits on their young professionals committee, helping to arrange networking and training events for other young professionals working in insurance in Norwich.

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What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”