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Justin McConville

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+44 (0)1403 831263 Justin.McConville@cripps.co.uk

Work Department

Dispute Resolution, Insolvency & Corporate Recovery

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Justin is very effective at robustly advancing his clients’ interests, resolving their disputes cost-effectively with minimum disruption to everyday business.

Justin has a wealth of experience, developed over a decade of practice, pursuing disputes to trial in the County Court, High Court and Court of Appeal.  Having said that, Justin only ever looks to ‘bash the wall down’ with litigation in the right circumstances, and usually as a last resort. He will always explore with his clients the possibility of finding another route ‘around the wall’ to achieve a desired goal.

Justin works with businesses and individuals in all aspects of commercial and insolvency litigation, including contractual disputes, invoice and asset finance litigation, shareholders disputes and contentious insolvency work, in the latter case acting for officeholders or defending against their claims. He also has considerable experience dealing with director disqualification disputes and forensic investigations.

Key Work Highlights

  • Acted for the administrators in the high profile administration of Toys “R” Us Limited in pursuing contractual claims against overseas and UK vendors
  • Achieved a six figure settlement for a minority shareholder in a claim issued in the High Court under s.994 of the Companies Act 2006
  • Achieved a successful settlement at mediation for a client within the food industry in relation to its claim for damages of £1.1m as a result of various breaches of a contract to design and install a robotic pick and place system
  • Successfully defended a supplier to an American multinational retailer in issued proceedings seeking a judgment for £250,000
  • Successfully defended a board of directors in relation to a liquidator’s claim of £1m in relation to an alleged breach of duty
  • Advising on the litigation aspects of a corporate scheme of arrangement under which a client, EU Supply Plc, was sold for a cash consideration of over £15m

 

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex

The ‘skilled and practical’ team at Cripps in Tunbridge Wells handles complex disputes for UK and international clients, companies and business individuals across several sectors including the advertising and media, technology, food and drink, and property industries. Recent work has involved litigation related to commercial contracts, insolvency and restructuring matters, professional negligence claims and post-transactional disputes. Heading up the team is Philip Youdan and the ‘fantastic, efficient, sensible and wise’ Ed Weeks, who is well-known for his expertise in shareholders’ disputes and directors’ duties issues. ‘Go-to lawyer’ Joanna Ford has a specialism in handling restructuring and insolvency matters as well as shareholder disputes concerning IT and technology contracts. Also of note is Tom Bourne, who has a particular interest in the food and drinks sector, with experience in commercial and post-transactional disputes. Hannah Proctor is well versed in misfeasance claims and breach of contract disputes, praised as a ‘successful litigator’. In early 2024, the firm merged with Horsham-based firm PDT Solicitors, which added the expertise of William Angas, Ben Ashworth and Justin McConville to the practice.

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