Clients include high-net-worth individuals, partnerships, companies and insolvency practitioners, and we’ve acted across disputes – ranging from breach of professional duty to fraud and breach of contract.
Drawing on our deep in-house expertise, we assess each case with precision. Identifying weaknesses and leveraging strengths, to build commercially-sound cases for our clients.
Notable Experience
- Representing an UHNWI in relation to a professional negligence claim against her former solicitors relating to the enforcement of the UK's largest-ever divorce award of £453m.
- Defending the former directors of a financial institution in a £50 million claim relating to the insolvency of a pay-day lender.
- Obtaining a freezing order (and ultimately judgment) against a former accountant for fraudulent breach of duty.
- The successful defence of a City solicitor in the £60 million Innovator litigation.
- The defence of a City solicitor in a £40 million claim by Cable and Wireless.
- Advancing a $40 million claim against a prominent international law firm for negligent advice in connection with an international arbitration.
- Acting for a company against its former accountant/auditors for negligently failing to detect large scale internal fraud.
- Injuncting a firm of solicitors from acting in conflict with the interests of their client.
- Defending an IFA from negligence claims relating to investment advice.
- Obtaining a settlement for a client against a prominent firm of city solicitors for breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and deceit.
- Successfully acting for a group of investors in property against a firm of solicitors alleging wrongful dealings with deposits paid for land being developed.