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Irwin Mitchell Offices
40 HOLBORN VIADUCT
LONDON
EC1N 2PZ
England
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Diana Wright
Work Department
Commercial dispute resolution.
Position
International commercial dispute lawyer advising on international trade and sales of food, agency and distribution, contractual disputes and ‘shareholder disputes’, conflicts of law and jurisdiction. Reported cases: Re Portbase Clothing; Else (1982) Ltd v Parkland Holdings (CA); Glencore International v Bank of China (CA); Klickner Holdings v Klickner & co.
Career
Trained Lovells/Mawby Barrie Scott; qualified 1989; solicitor Herbert Smith 1989-91; solicitor Pritchard Englefield 1991, partner 1992; merger with Thomas Eggar LLP 2013. Publications of note: Sellers beware: letters of credit under UPC 500 come under scrutiny of the Court of Appeal (Journal of International Banking Law 1995).
Languages
French, German, Spanish (basic).
Memberships
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Magistrates Association; Law Society.
Education
The Atherley School, Southampton; St Edmunds Hall, Oxford (1984 MA Oxon Modern Language); Trent Polytechnic Nottingham (1985 CPE); Law Society Finals (1986).
Leisure
Singing, Magistrates West London, cinema, reading.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Court of protection
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Insurance > Product liability: claimant
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Planning
- Employment > Senior executives
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing