Morris Peacock > Howes Percival LLP > Norwich, England > Lawyer Profile

Howes Percival LLP has the region’s largest debt recovery team and frequently handles high-value and complex matters, not least through its position on the Crown Commercial Services Panel, which generates significant work for The Insolvency Service. Insolvency partner Morris Peacock and contentious debt recovery specialist Gordon Simpson in Norwich, and Cambridge-based litigator Michael Green are the lead partners. Simpson frequently handles the enforcement of hire agreements for car dealer Bussey & Sabberton Bros. Ltd. William Shirley in Norwich is the client partner for the work carried out on behalf of the Official Receivers across England and Wales.

The insolvency practice at Howes Percival LLP ‘always delivers the right balance of senior level input and supervision‘, and its ‘experience of large, high-profile insolvency litigation for the government is unparalleled‘. Head of insolvency and corporate recovery Michael Green in Cambridge and Norwich-based Morris Peacock, who ‘commands the complete confidence‘ and leads the firm’s work for the Insolvency Service, are the principal contacts. Green recently assisted Mazars LLP with the bankruptcy of a former Times Rich List entrant with a reputed wealth of over £42m. In Norwich, William Shirley and senior associates Leon Head and the ‘firm but friendly‘ Patrick Manning all play key roles in the practice.

The education, health, social housing and government group at Howes Percival LLP is ‘a very responsive and engaging practice of thorough professionals‘. It is led by land development specialist Michaela Henson in Cambridge and insolvency expert Morris Peacock in Norwich, who oversee a multi-disciplinary team that advises on property, finance, insolvency, corporate, litigation and employment matters. Norwich-based corporate partner Oliver Pritchard plays a major role in the practice, particularly in regard to mergers and governance matters for NHS clients. Peacock, who is ‘superlative in all he does‘, assisted the Insolvency Service with an investigation into the collapse of care home company Ecohouse Developments Limited, and the failure of BHS Limited. Property partner Nicola Curle moved to Birketts.