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HCR Hewitsons Offices
Lancaster House
Nunn Mills Road
Northampton
NN1 5GE
England
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Dominic Hopkins
Work Department
Disputes and litigation group.
Position
Partner, commercial litigation and ADR with a particular emphasis on cross-border disputes and recoveries, civil aspects of commercial fraud; insolvency; professional negligence; corporate governance and directors’ duties and liabilities advice; IT disputes. Member of the technology and insolvency and corporate recovery groups.
Career
Articled Simmons & Simmons; qualified 1989; commercial litigation department Simmons & Simmons 1989-91; joined Hewitsons 1991; partner 1995. The Under Sheriff of Northamptonshire 2008 to date.
Memberships
R3; The Insolvency Lawyers Association; Civil Justice section of Law Society; The High Sheriffs Association; The Under Sheriffs Association.
Education
Radyr Comprehensive School; Exeter University (1986 LLB Hons); College of Law (1987 law finals).
Leisure
Music (piano, violin and mandolin), sailing, rugby.
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
(Hall of Fame)Able to handle disputes on both a national and international scale, HCR Hewitsons handles complex contentious matters in a number of highly specialised areas, such as the technology and telecoms sectors. The team also frequently works on behalf of trusts and charities, as well as in litigation concerning professional negligence and tort disputes. The team is steered from Northampton by Dominic Hopkins
, who, beyond his disputes acumen, is noted for his capabilities in corporate governance. He is supported by the Cambridge-based Emma Elston, who advises clients on a range of commercial matters, professional negligence claims, and domain name disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands East Midlands > Dispute resolution
- Hall of Fame East Midlands > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate