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2 The Embankment
Sovereign Street
LEEDS
LS1 4BA
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Nigel Brook
Work Department
Commercial Litigation
Position
Nigel is a Legal Director and founding member of the Commercial Litigation team at Tyr. He has expertise in claims involving allegations of dishonesty, professional negligence, and contentious tax. Nigel has experience of challenging the decisions of various public bodies through judicial review. He has acted on several large group actions.
Nigel’s clients have included public bodies, multinationals, corporates, trustees, and high net worth individuals. His work has spanned a broad range of industries including disputes relating to peer-to-peer lending, property development, professional services, education, pensions, media, and manufacturing.
Career
Nigel helped to establish the Commercial Litigation team at Tyr with partners Alistair Kennedy and Matthew Fidler in 2019. Nigel trained and worked at London firm RPC between 2010 and 2015, including a six-month secondment to the BBC’s litigation and intellectual property department. In 2015, Nigel returned to Yorkshire to work in the complex litigation team at Schofield Sweeney in Leeds.
Memberships
In 2020, Nigel became a director of Leeds Law Society.
Education
University of Durham (LLB), BPP London (LPC)
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate > Property litigation
Tyr advises a growing roster of corporate clients, including The Trafford Centre and DFSD Seaways, on property insolvency claims, development disputes, and a diverse array of contentious landlord and tenant matters. The firm frequently handles the contentious aspects of portfolio management, for which the ‘technically strong and solution-focused’ practice head Laura Salvati is a key contact. Nigel Brook is recommended for his ability to act in dilapidation claims and lease renewals.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud