Brian Evans > Lanyon Bowdler > Shrewsbury, England > Lawyer Profile
Lanyon Bowdler Offices
CHAPTER HOUSE NORTH
ABBEY LAWN, ABBEY FOREGATE
SHREWSBURY
SY2 5DE
England
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Brian Evans
Work Department
Dispute resolution and mediation
Position
Managing partner and head of agriculture.
Experienced litigator used to dealing with many types of commercial disputes, including shareholder and partnership duties, agricultural disputes, contractual disputes and insolvency matters. Other sectors worked in include manufacturing, construction, health and social care and leisure.
Brian is a CEDR accredited mediator. Although his mediation practice encompasses a variety of commercial sectors and general civil litigation he has a particular interest in mediating disputes in the agricultural sector.
Career
Trained Lanyon Bowdler; qualified 1994
Dispute resolution partner 1998; head of dispute resolution, head of agriculture 2015; managing partner 2016.
Languages
Welsh (conversational).
Education
Llanfyllin High School, Powys (1983-88)
Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge (1988-1991 MA (Cantab)
College of Law, Christleton (1991-92)
Solicitors’ Final Examination (First Class Honours)).
Leisure
Singing (St Chad’s Choir), composing, playing trumpet.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Private client > Agriculture and estates
The ‘wonderful‘ team at Lanyon Bowdler is led by Brian Evans and acts for many large agricultural and horticultural clients as well as landed estates. It is an NFU panel firm for Shropshire, Herefordshire and Staffordshire and advises on a variety of issues from property and private client matters to family issues and employment matters. The team receives plaudits too for its work on disputes relating to renewable energy projects, product liability and professional negligence cases involving farmers as claimants. Edward Nutting advises on a wide range of agricultural and commercial property matters. Andrew Evans has retired and Nicholas Playford has moved to Hall Smith Whittingham LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Public sector > Education
- Employment > Employment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud