Bio
Abigail is a Disputes Associate.
Abigail advises businesses, shareholders and private individuals across a wide range of contentious matters, with particular expertise assisting SMEs in resolving disputes efficiently and pragmatically, while also managing high-value and technically complex claims in the property, professional services, retail, and franchising sectors.
Her practice focuses on complex commercial disputes arising from breaches of contract, negligence, misrepresentation, fraud, shareholder and director disputes, debt recovery and commercial property issues.
Abigail is known for supporting clients from the early stages of a dispute through to settlement, mediation and court proceedings, providing practical, commercially-focused advice throughout.
Examples Abigail’s work include:
- Acting for a large commercial property owner in a significant contractual dispute involving utility infrastructure, complex limitation issues, and allegations relating to historic contractual arrangements.
- Advising a client who provides new and used car maintenance contracts to a variety of motor trade partners, who suffered significant losses due to negligent professional accountancy advice in relation to complex deferred payments.
- Advising the executor of a substantial estate in relation to a dispute concerning the ownership and control of a private company held within the estate, including strategic advice on Companies Act remedies, beneficiary interests and corporate governance issues.