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Hunt & Coombs LLP Offices

Hunt & Coombs LLP
35 THORPE ROAD
PETERBOROUGH
PE3 6AG
England
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Helen Townsend

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01733 882800 helen.townsend@hcsolicitors.co.uk View profile

Work Department

Commercial Litigation

Position

Helen is a Partner and Team Leader of our Commercial Litigation team. Helen advises partnerships, plc’s, limited companies, SMEs and sole-traders on a broad range of complex commercial disputes, including (where necessary) through litigation. She has particular expertise in commercial contracts, professional negligence, property litigation and debt recovery and her clients come from a range of sectors including farming, insurance, entertainment and construction.

Career

Helen qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and joined Hunt & Coombs as an associate solicitor and Commercial Litigation Team Leader in 2020. Helen was promoted to Partner in April 2021. Helen has worked for several regional firms throughout her career gaining a wealth of experience in County Court and High Court matters as well as in the First Tier Property Tribunal. She has nearly 20 years of experience in civil and commercial matters and has recently expanded her knowledge by undertaking the Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists qualification through the University of Law in London.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Real estate > Property litigation

Hunt & Coombs LLP in Peterborough is known for ‘excellent and prompt service delivery‘, as well as ‘expertise in private lettings which is not generally available in many provincial practices‘. Practice co-head Helen Townsend handles property disputes, working closely with co-head and civil litigation specialist Naina Tilney. Townsend and Tilney are ‘extremely dedicated and will go above and beyond for their clients’, often acting in disputes concerning the breach of leases, dilapidation claims, and constructions.

East Anglia > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia

Hunt & Coombs LLP in Peterborough has a diverse litigation practice that encompasses a broad-range of work, namely the contentious trusts and probate matters handled by practice head Helen Townsend. In regards to commercial litigation, senior associate Rebecca Beynon-Phillips who joined the team from Rosling King‘s London office in February 2023, brings valuable experience. Senior associate Norman Hunter-Goulder has extensive advocacy experience in both commercial and civil litigation contexts. Former head of commercial who worked closely with the litigation team, Anna Spriggs, departed to Howes Percival LLP in April 2023.

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