Alison Padfield KC will be speaking on Reservation of Rights on 21 October 2026.
Alison is a commercial silk at 4 New Square chambers specialising in insurance and reinsurance, professional liability, and professional conduct/discipline and regulation.
She is the author of Insurance Claims (Bloomsbury Professional; 6th edition to be published in 2027).
Alison was shortlisted for Insurance Silk of the Year at the 2024 Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards and for Financial Services and Insurance Silk of the year in the 2022 Legal 500 Bar Awards. She won Insurance Silk of the Year at the 2020 Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards.
This talk surveys the developments across the United States in the ongoing and sprawling litigation of coverage claims against primary and excess insurers arising out of the opioid liabilities of manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies. It summarizes the key holdings and surveys the developments across the United States.
Speaker
Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard is a junior barrister, dual-qualified in New York. He is regularly instructed in complex commercial and cross-border disputes and has litigated multiple opioid insurance coverage disputes in state and federal courts across the United States.