Bio
Philip is a Disputes Partner.
With more than 40 years’ experience, Phillip specialises in commercial disputes and professional negligence matters, with particular expertise in breach of contract claims, conflicts within partnerships, disagreements between shareholders, financial services negligence, insolvencies, real estate disputes, and professional negligence work against solicitors, accountants, stockbrokers, and surveyors.
Phillip works with businesses ranging from small partnerships and private companies to multinational PLCs and insolvency practitioners – regularly representing clients in court proceedings in complex, high-value and complex claims at all levels of the judicial hierarchy (including particular experience in High Court disputes).
He is also experienced in arbitration, and is an accredited mediator, and frequently acheives out-of-court settlements.
Examples of Philip’s work include:
- Recovering several million pounds from the Department of Health on behalf of an insolvent company which lost an NHS contract due to a rigged tendering process.
- Securing a court order for SMEG (UK) Ltd confirming their entitlement to terminate a distribution agreement with a distributor in the Republic of Ireland and directing the distributor to settle invoices totalling £150,000.
- Obtaining a court order against a UK bank in pursuit of a fraud action for dishonest appropriation of over £300,000.
- Obtaining a significant judgment involving several million pounds for a firm of solicitors which had been diverted from the business by a former equity partner expelled for dishonesty.
- Securing the removal of a 160ft Dutch barge from the Harleyford Estate following contested forfeiture proceedings in which the barge owner asserted a right to remain under a lease that was never granted.