Jean-Paul Rudd
About
Jean-Paul Rudd is a Partner in the Insurance & Financial Services practice at Adams and Adams, where he acts primarily for insurers and underwriting managers in complex coverage and defence matters.
He has been with the firm since 2008, and was promoted to partnership in 2014.
He has represented clients in the Supreme Court of Appeal and across all divisions of the High Court of South Africa, as well as in the Regional Court and Magistrates' Court, and before specialist forums including the Financial Services Tribunal, the Companies...
Read More- Medical Negligence;
- Professional and Public Liability;
- General Liability Litigation
- General Litigation;
- Regulatory Complaints.
Qualifications
- LLB (Cum Laude), University of the Free State, 2007
- International Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, 2023
- International Diploma in Environmental, Social and Governance (with distinction), Glasgow Caledonian University, 2023
- MSc (Cum Laude) in Climate Change, University of London, 2026
Credentials
- Legal Practice Council (LPC) – Member
- Pretoria Attorneys Association (PAA) – Member
- International Compliance Association (ICA) – Member
- Insurance Institute of South Africa (ISSA) – Member
- Listed in The Best Lawyers 2026 Edition: South Africa in Insurance Law
- Listed in The Best Lawyers 2026 Edition: South Africa in Personal Injury Litigation Law
Ten Judgments, One Playbook: What Insurers Need to Know About US Coverage Trends
Over the past few months, Jean-Paul Rudd, Partner at Adams & Adams, has unpacked ten US judgments shaping how courts read policy wording, apply exclusions and define the limits of indemnity. From ...
September 28 2026
Contextual Interpretation of Policy Exclusions: Court Confirms that a Broadly Worded Property Exclusion Does Not Extend to Copyright Infringement
In Nichole Sliney Realty Team, Inc. v. Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company, Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a motion for judgmen...
September 21 2026
Contractual Liability Exclusion Must Be Assessed Against Each Cause of Action Separately, Not Applied Wholesale Where Multiple Claims Are Pleaded in One Action
In Las Vegas Sands, LLC v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, reviewing the matter de novo, held that the lower court had erred ...
September 15 2026