John Wiblin > Longmores Solicitors LLP > Hertford, England > Lawyer Profile
Longmores Solicitors LLP Offices
24 CASTLE STREET
HERTFORD
SG14 1HP
England
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John Wiblin
Work Department
Dispute Resolution – commercial; arbitration, mediation.
Position
Head of Dispute Resolution team. A solicitor-advocate, Californian attorney and (now non-practising) South African advocate, John acts for clients chiefly in business disputes – typically breach of contract claims and shareholder disputes. Other specialist areas of his practice include recruitment law, copyright infringement, and land valuation arbitrations. John has significant experience of injunctions and search orders and has led several search teams in the execution of search orders. He has been instructed to act as arbitrator and mediator in civil disputes.
Career
Pupillage at the Johannesburg Bar in 1998; practised as a barrister at Group 725 Innes Chambers; admitted to the California Bar 2002; qualified as a solicitor in the UK 2004; joined Longmores that year; partner since 2012.
Languages
Afrikaans, reads Dutch, conversational French.
Memberships
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Education
BA(Hons) LL.B LL.M. H.Dip. Co. Law (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg); MA (UK, EU & US Copyright Law) (King’s College, London), Dip. Arb (CIArb), Accredited Civil & Commercial Mediator (London School of Mediation)
Leisure
Collecting vinyl records, concert going.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Longmores Solicitors LLP offers ‘high quality service‘, with expertise in the recruitment and property management sectors, as well as acting for waste management companies on commercial disputes. Based in Hertford, practice leader John Wiblin handles shareholder and partnership disputes, and has experience in advising clients in the recruitment sector. John Wagstaffe specialises in property litigation matters. ‘Tremendous litigator‘ Nathanael Young has particular expertise in insolvency issues, intellectual property and defamation law, while Lauren Mackenzie splits her time between commercial litigation and contentious probate.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx