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As a student, Iain won the Observer Mace debating tournament and subsequently graduated in law from Manchester University.
Iain acts in dispute resolution for corporate and institutional clients, managing their litigation and handling regulatory challenges. He has worked across many sectors, including financial services, retail and higher education. His litigation experience ranges from commercial disputes to emergency injunctions and crisis management. Iain’s specialisms include competition law, restraint of trade and financial regulation.
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Experience
- Judicial Review proceedings - Administrative Court - NoteMachine UK Ltd -v- The Payment Systems Regulator [2023] EWHC 2522 (Admin) (11 October 2023)
- Acted as the Secretary to a multi-disciplinary independent review panel which conducted an enquiry for a university into the extent to which it had discharged its duty to prevent students from being drawn in to terrorism
- Commercial Court action for restraint of trade relating to new rules of a trade association - Aldcroft —v- The International Cotton Association Ltd [2017] EWHC 642 (Comm) (30 March 2017)
- Court of Appeal: Dutton -v-Minards 2015 EWCA Civ 2015
- Negligence action against accountants arising from a share valuation
- Interchange fee claims for retailers
- Representing the University of Salford in the independent Public Inquiry in relation to the Manchester Arena terror attack of 2017
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Affiliations
- Member of the Law Society
- Member of the Association of Northern Mediators
- Member of Shropshire Sailing Club
- Member of the Upton Badminton Club