I’m a solicitor in the Dispute Resolution & Litigation team at Bates Wells. I work with individuals and organisations of all kinds – including charities, other not-for-profits and businesses – to help prevent and resolve disputes both in and (wherever possible) out of court.
I have several years’ experience of contentious matters, including disputes over contracts, charity law and governance, intellectual property rights, media law and defamation, charity legacies and probate, and equality and anti-discrimination law. I have a particular interest in advising political parties, candidates and non-party campaigners on contentious electoral and campaigning law issues.
- I was part of the team acting for the successful appellant in the leading charity law case Lehtimaki and others v Cooper ([2017] EWHC 1379 (Ch); [2018] EWCA Civ 1605; [2020] UKSC 33).
- I have assisted in the defence of claims brought against various charities under the Equality Act 2010.
- I have advised political and campaigning organisations considering establishing themselves in the UK on the legal landscape, with particular reference to electoral, campaigning and lobbying law.
- I helped to secure administrative restoration for a number of different organisations struck off the company and charity registers for failing to file accounts on time.