Stephen Meade > Capital Law Limited > Cardiff, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Combining ‘a fierce commercialism and excellent legal skills with a warm, personable and collaborative working style’, Capital Law Limited is a popular choice among clients defending and bringing claims relating to a wide variety of commercial litigation, both in conventional litigation, as well as in an arbitration process. A significant number of these actions are brought under the umbrella of the firm’s own litigation fund, Capital Finance, which has proved to be a vital resource to parties who would otherwise have perhaps lacked the financial means to bring a case. Andrew Brown is noted as an expert on third party funding and as well as setting up the firm’s own fund, is also regularly engaged by other law firms to provide guidance on litigation funding and alternative fee arrangements for their clients. As mindful of risk management and litigation avoidance, as he is at effectively representing the interests of clients in the teeth of litigation, ‘very well organised and responsive’ team head Stephen Meade  is a popular choice among both private and public sector clients across a range of litigation, including contentious property matters. Philip Jones  is vastly experienced at handling a myriad corporate disputes, including those within an insolvency setting, and is also a key member of the team alongside up-and-coming partners Guto Llewelyn , who is noted for his debt recovery excellence, and the ‘fiercely commercial’ Lucy Emanuel , who excels in financial services disputes.

Capital Law Limited provides an ‘excellent and prompt service’ to landlords, tenants, owners and developers across a range of litigation, as well as in a risk management context. A significant proportion of the work is healthcare focused, with the firm’s role as one of BMA Law’s designated suppliers accounting for a sizeable volume of property-related disputes. ‘Excellent’ team head Stephen Meade continues to spearhead this BMA work, including on work for GP surgeries on property issues stemming from partnership disputes and challenges to excessive service charges. Recently promoted to senior associate, the ‘exceptional’ Clare Good handles an increasing volume of dilapidations claims, as well as providing vital assistance to Meade on healthcare-related work.

Appreciated for their ‘razor-sharp commerciality and warm collaborative working style’, which draws upon access to an impressive wider commercial litigation offering, Capital Law Limited ‘can draw on excellent talent and capabilities in professional negligence claims’. Having recently joined the firm from the Serious Fraud Office, Phillippa Ellis  – who splits her time between the firm’s fledging London office and Cardiff – is ‘well suited to professional negligence claims and claims against professionals involving fraud’, adding further breadth and depth to the team’s growing offering in the space. Leveraging ‘a clear-eyed understanding of the commercial pressures that can be used in a professional negligence claim’, Lucy Emanuel  regularly advises on high-profile matters, including many which have been funded utilising the firm’s own litigation fund. Litigation finance expert, Andrew Brown  co-heads the overarching team alongside Stephen Meade , who has experience at handling property-related professional negligence claims, in particular. The arrival in February 2022 of David Hudson from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP has enhanced the team as a result of his ‘real breadth and depth of experience in complex professional negligence claims’.

Although its core public law/regulatory expertise was severely impacted by the departures towards the end of 2022 of both Nicola Mead-Batten  and Trish D’Souza to TLT and Blake Morgan LLP, respectively, Capital Law Limited continues to handle a significant volume of work for public sector clients across a number of its practice area groups. Property litigator Stephen Meade is regularly instructed by British Medical Association, including in a closely watched dispute challenging the basis of demanded service charges from the NHSPS. Associate Tod Davies  is developing a strong reputation for public law and regulatory matters as a function of his commercial litigation offering, including work for the Gambling Commission.