Jim Sherwood

Experience

• I lead the product liability and recall team at BLM, acting for insurers, suppliers and manufacturers.
• The recall team handles domestic and international product liability and recall claims and coverage issues across a range of industry sectors, working with Global Insurance Law Connect network specialists.
• My team handles high value fire/flood damage commercial property claims involving products designed, supplied and/or installed. I have acted in major Group litigation and multi-party claims involving the food medical devices industries and also acted for a number of defendants and their insurers in the ‘toxic sofa’ group litigation, the largest group action ever mounted in the UK.
• I have handled Trading Standards prosecutions and investigations on behalf of multi-national clients, helping to manage reputational risks.
• I have spoken twice at the annual Liability Underwriters Group (LUG) conference on group litigation and emerging risks in product liability. I led product recall workshops at the annual AIRMIC conference and chaired a roundtable of senior claims managers at the London Market Claims Club on emerging risks.
• I have been recognised as an expert for several years by the legal directories, praised by clients as an "astute tactician" and a "hugely knowledgeable and very impressive" and for providing an "excellent service and proactive approach".
• I am also a member of the international strategy team at BLM and board member of Global Insurance Law Connect.
• My customers include insurers and multi-national corporate customers.

Membership/appointments

• DRI International and Europe
• Product liability Forum (BIICL)
• International Bar Association