Steve Morris > JMW Solicitors LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
JMW Solicitors LLP Offices
1 BYROM PLACE
SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3HG
England
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Steve Morris
Work Department
Commercial Litigation
Position
Partner in the Commercial Litigation team. Steve acts in respect of general commercial and corporate disputes for a wide variety of clients, including warranty claims, shareholder and partnership disputes, breaches of contract, fraud, professional negligence and all forms of injunctions.
His experience includes:
- Obtaining judgment for £10.8million and obtaining a finding of fraud on a fraudulent warranty claim;
- Successfully defending a contractual claim for £58m in an adjudication;
- Successfully defending an unfair prejudice shareholder claim which was discontinued by the Petitioners after 3 days of the trial;
- Acting as a High Court appointed Supervising Solicitor in the execution of numerous search & seize injunctions; and
- Representing clients in over 50 mediations.
Career
Trained at Laytons in the City; qualified in 1995. Made Partner at Halliwells in 2005. Moved to DWF in 2010 and joined JMW in May 2019.
Languages
French and German
Education
Oxford University, Birkenhead School
Leisure
Football, golf, tennis and hill walking
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
(Hall of Fame)JMW Solicitors LLP handles high-value, multi-party disputes, with vast expertise in commercial and corporate litigation. The commercial public law capabilities of the team, along with media and reputation management sub-team, cryptocurrency litigation knowledge, and trusts and probate experience complement the commercial litigation core of the team. Steve Morris leads the team, specialising in all aspects of corporate disputes, ranging from contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, warranty claims, professional negligence, freezing injunctions, and directors’ duties, acting for a variety of clients. Graham Small and Michael Kennedy are key names in the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame North West > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Commercial litigation: Manchester North West > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Construction