About me
I’m a partner in our Commercial Dispute Resolution team in Manchester and lead the Finance Litigation team, acting for asset-based lenders and financial institutions nationally.
My specialism is in finance litigation and commercial disputes, including procurement challenges, providing strategic and commercial advice to clients to resolve issues and maximise realisations of debts and assets or minimise and, where possible, extinguish loss.
It’s important to me to take a collegiate, commercial, approach to handling client matters so that I fully understand my clients’ objectives and what they want to achieve from the outset. My clients value my obvious passion for looking after them and deep commitment to guiding them at every step to achieve the best possible result.
It’s my combination of knowledge and expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, together with many years of experience, that my clients seek out when they ask me to represent them. And when the team achieves a great outcome for a client, that’s obviously a very rewarding part of the job!
My experience
- Acting for a Bank on the recovery of a shortfall owed to them on a £multimillion loan facility afforded to an individual following the appointment of Law of Property Act Receivers and the sale of properties which were taken as security for the facility. High Court Proceedings were issued which are defended on the basis that the relationship between the parties was an unfair one within the meaning of s140 A of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and the Banks right to appoint the Law of Property Act Receivers. Matter summarily resolved in Bank’s favour.
- Acting for a public body in proceedings issued by an unsuccessful bidder in a procurement exercise for a contract relating to the provision of wheelchair services, with a £multi-million value. The matter involved an application to lift the automatic suspension by the public body and subsequent award of the contract. A complex and high value procurement claim involving a series of allegations, including manifest error and conflict of interest requiring high level and strategic advice.
- Acting for a challenger company in relation to a high value procurement challenge. High Court proceedings were commenced by our client in relation to the procurement of non-emergency transport services, our client being an unsuccessful bidder in the procurement. The contract was a £multi million and where there was significant reputational interest in challenging the procurement decision. The proceedings were stayed and the tenderer re-evaluated the tender submissions and confirmed that our client was the successful tenderer in the re-evaluation exercise.
- Defending a claim pursuant to a Deed of Guarantee and Indemnity which had been signed under duress/undue influence with allegations that the lender had failed to discharge its duties as it had constructive/actual knowledge. The matter was successfully resolved amicably and our client equity in the property was preserved. This was an important matter for our client given the size of the sums involved and the potential financial consequences for our client.
- Associate member of UK Finance.