After qualifying as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Richard began his Loss Adjusting career in 1989, initially with McLaren Dick in Dundee. He gained a broad range of experience handling commercial and domestic property, casualty, BI, CAR, subsidence, Goods in Transit and Building Guarantee/ Latent Defects claims.
From 2009 to 2019 he worked as a Major Loss Adjuster/ Surveyor for Cunningham & Lindsey both as Team Leader and providing Surveying Expertise on Major and Complex Loss claims, as well as dealing with CAR and Building Guarantee claims.
Since joining McLarens in 2019, Richard has specialized in handling large and complex Building Guarantee claims, as well as Major & Complex Loss claims generally, including subsidence claims. Richard has significant experience of CAT claims in UK and abroad, including spells working on multi-million US$ flood and hurricane claims in Thailand and the Caribbean. Richard is a member by examination of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.
Richard is an accredited Expert Witness (Bond Solon).
NOTABLE ASSIGNMENTS:
In excess of 80 large/ complex Building Guarantee/ Latent Defects Claims for multiple defects (including fire safety and cladding) to various buildings, including multi-storey blocks of flats, housing association developments and mixed residential/ commercial properties.
- Latent Defects – Multiple defects to multi-storey block of flats (£75m)
- Latent Defects – Fire safety and cladding defects to various blocks of multi-storey flats, claim values ranging from £5m to £25m
- Latent Defects – Multiple defects to mixed residential/ commercial development (£10m)
- Fire damage to block of 50 flats (£15m)
- Fire damage to Hotel (£45m)
- Fire Damage to School (£4 Million)
- Burst pipes affecting 62 flats in four blocks (£1.4m)
- Gas explosion to social housing (£10m)
- CAT – Flood Damage to electronics factories in multiple locations. (£100 Million)
- CAT – Hurricane Damage to commercial properties in multiple locations (£5 Million)
- Subsidence damage to school (£500K)
- Expert Witness assignment as quantum expert on fire damage claim (£150K)
- Numerous fire and perils Major Loss property claims, complex subsidence claims and CAR claims.
- Hurricane damage and flood damage as part of Catastrophe response team.