Mr Hugh Smith > Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP > Hull, England > Lawyer Profile
Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP Offices
MARINA COURT
CASTLE STREET
HULL
HU1 1TJ
England
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Mr Hugh Smith
Work Department
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Position
Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Partner
Career
With over 30 years’ experience, Hugh is nationally recognised and respected for his work in many fields including food law, commercial litigation, construction, professional negligence and regulatory protection. He has considerable experience in obtaining injunctive relief where necessary.
A respected mediator with many years of experience, Hugh has considerable expertise in the commercial litigation field and is well known for adopting a good natured but firm approach to those that hold out for unrealistic levels of settlement. His extensive work in the regulatory field includes multimillion pound commercial cases, with a particular emphasis on food related, competition and trading standards issues.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Hull and East Yorkshire
(Leading individuals)Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP’s litigation and dispute resolution team is led by Hugh Smith, who has a strong reputation in the region for handling commercial disputes, including shareholder and director disputes and professional negligence claims, among others. Other key practitioners include Nick Dean, who brings additional expertise in property litigation, and Mike Wilson, who has a broad commercial litigation practice that includes experience in contractual, corporate and insolvency litigation. Sarah Pether handles insurance and professional negligence disputes, and is another key contact in the group.
Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Hugh Smith leads the contentious trusts team at Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP – he divides his time between Hull and York. The team has experience regarding wills and probate disputes, including Inheritance Act claims, estoppel arguments and trustee / beneficiary disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial litigation: Hull and East Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber > Dispute resolution
- Leading individuals Yorkshire and the Humber > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Hull and East Yorkshire
- Contentious trusts and probate Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Hull and East Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Hull and East Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Hull and East Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Hull and East Yorkshire
- Private client > Family: elsewhere in Yorkshire
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Transport
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Infrastructure and energy
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Property litigation