Recommendations
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Your complete grasp of the issues, your competence and diplomatic skills were all essential
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We were incredibly fortunate in having you working for us, and especially at mediation
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Your contribution was way over the call of duty and over lawyer's standard obligations
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We would not be where we happily are now without you
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Thank you so much for your support, advice and skill over the last 2 and a bit years in dealing with a complete nightmare
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There is no way that we would ever have recovered those funds without your input
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I know that without your advice and action on our behalf, this matter may never have been resolved
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She is excellent
Experience
I am a partner in Bates Wells’ Dispute Resolution & Litigation team, where I lead on a variety of contentious matters with a particular focus on litigation relating to charity governance and charity legacies.
My other practice areas include contract disputes, shareholder disputes, fraud and asset recovery, and the enforcement of judgments. I am an experienced Supervising Solicitor appointed by the High Court on the execution of search orders, and often work in conjunction with other members of the team on complex, multi-venue searches.
I co-lead Bates Wells’ Charity Legacies team and regularly speak at industry events and contribute commentary and know-how to leading publications on these issues.
Highlights
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I acted for the Advisory Council of the Warburg Institute in its successful defence of a claim brought by the University of London
Regarding the university's obligations as trustee to house, fund and maintain the world renowned Warburg Institute (University of London v Professor Prag and another [2014] EWHC 3564 (Ch); [2015] WTLR 705].
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I acted for a major international development charity in a dispute with executors who had wrongly paid the charity’s legacy to a third party.
I negotiated full payment of the legacy from the executors personally plus a significant contribution towards the charity’s costs, avoiding costly and time-consuming court action for the charity.
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I acted for an international animal charity in a high value contract dispute concerning data storage.
Following the issue of proceedings, I negotiated a financial settlement in my client's favour, but on terms that maintained the commercial relationship going forward.
- I advised and acted for a care home (a registered charity) in relation to the recovery of sums fraudulently misappropriated by a former senior manager. I secured full recovery of the sums taken plus legal costs, and worked to protect the client’s reputation by advising on communications with the Charity Commission, CQC, staff and residents. I also advised on an audit of systems to avoid a repeat situation in the future.
- I advised and acted for an international global relief charity to recover significant sums fraudulently misappropriated by a senior member of staff over a number of years. I obtained a full admission of liability and put in place a payment plan which resulted in the charity recovering the vast majority of the misappropriated funds plus costs. This was a particularly sensitive and high profile case and much of my advice related to reputational management.
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Qualifications and career
- College of Law (LPC), 2004
- Trained at Knights, 2005
- Admitted as a solicitor, 2007
- Practiced at B P Collins, 2007
- Joined Bates Wells, 2010
- Promoted to associate, 2011
- Promoted to senior associate, 2014
- Appointed partner, 2017
Pro bono, memberships, and appointments
- London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA)
- Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association (CFLA)
- Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
- Institute of Legacy Management (ILM)
- Charity Law Association (CLA)
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