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Jon Scally | Hill Dickinson

Jonathan Scally

Jon is a legal director in the commercial litigation team at the Liverpool office having qualified in September 2015.
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Jon joined the firm in September 2013 as a trainee before he qualified into the commercial litigation team (Liverpool) in September 2015. Jon specialises in all aspects of commercial dispute resolution across a wide range of industry sectors. His specialities include: breach of contract disputes, negligence disputes, professional negligence disputes, misrepresentation disputes, factoring disputes, sale of goods/supply of services disputes, restitution claims for mistaken payments/overpayments, commercial debt recover, corporate and personal insolvency, charging orders and orders for sale, attachment of earnings/pension orders and third party debt orders and debt security/voluntary legal charges.

Jon has experience of bringing and defending a wide variety of court applications and claims as well as dealing with disputes using all forms of alternative dispute resolution. 

Jon completed his four year law degree at the University of Leeds, completing a year exchange programme at Monash University, Melbourne, before graduating with first class honours in 2011. Jon completed his legal practice course (distinction) in 2013 from the University of Law, Manchester before finishing his training contract. Jon has also recently obtained a post graduate certificate (distinction) in Sports Law delivered by Leicester De Montford University in partnership with the British Association for Sport and the Law (BASL) and continues to be instructed by a number of clients on sports related issues.

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  • Experience

    • Assisted in advising a national leisure operator in pursuing a multi-million statutory compensation claim for coastal erosion against a port operator
    • Assisted in advising a US billionaire in pursuing a misfeasance and breach of duty claim against his former superyacht captain
    • Acted for a supplier of telecom services in an alleged million pound breach of contract claim which involved allegations of deceit and conspiracy
    • Acting for a PLC in multiple, high-value breach of contract claims in both the High Court and Arbitration proceedings relating to the supply of biomass fuel
    • Acting for a company to recover significant sums of money after it fell victim to a fraudulent telephone banking scam
    • Successfully acted for an individual to recover significant monies from an insurer via the Financial Ombudsman after his initial claim for medical expenses had been declined
    • Enforced a FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber award against a European club whilst acting for a professional footballer
    • Continuing to assist individuals on cohabitation disputes, advising on legal issues which arise in typical TOLATA claims
    • Acted for a charity to recover sums of £250,000 against two guarantors based in foreign jurisdictions
    • Recovering both disputed and undisputed debts for regional and national companies
  • Affiliations

    • Member of the Law Society
    • Member of the Merseyside Young Professionals
    • Member of the Merseyside Junior Lawyer Division
  • Languages

    • French (basic)

Jonathan Scally's Expertise