Claire Haverfield > Moore Barlow > Southampton, England > Lawyer Profile
Moore Barlow Offices
GATEWAY HOUSE
TOLLGATE
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Claire Haverfield
Work Department
Dispute resolution
Position
Claire is an experienced partner and helps businesses and individuals deal with and find effective resolutions to a wide range of disputes.
Her clients are both businesses and individuals who come to her for advice regarding commercial disputes, professional negligence claims, intellectual property, and disputes arising out of wills, inheritance and trusts.
Businesses of all sizes come to Claire for advice concerning contract disputes, warranty claims and IT disputes. She also advises clients on claims against solicitors or other professionals who have been negligent.
Claire has acted on behalf of clients in relation to intellectual property disputes concerning copyright, patents, trademarks, passing off, and breach of confidence.
She also advises private clients who have disputes arising out of wills, intestacy and trusts. In particular, Claire advises clients on claims against executors/trustees, will validity disputes and claims under the inheritance (provision for family and dependents) act 1975.
Claire provides businesses and individuals with plain speaking advice on the options available to them, advises them on the best way forward, and supports them throughout the process.
Memberships
Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists
Professional Negligence Lawyers’ Association
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Hampshire
(Leading individuals)With extensive expertise across the finance, education, and sports industries, the dispute resolution department at Moore Barlow is well versed in handling high-value contractual and commercial disputes for SMEs. Claire Haverfield and David Foster co-head the group from Southampton and Guildford, with the former boasting over 25 years’ experience in handling warranty and IT disputes, and the latter regularly managing claims for corporate clients. Sarah Watley deals with commercial possession claims. Mark Osgood left the firm in May 2024.
South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
The ‘highly respected litigation department’ at Moore Barlow has notable specialist knowledge of financial services, intellectual property and debt recovery litigation, as well as advising on litigation funding arrangements, particularly for SMEs. Practice heads include judicial review specialist David Foster in Guildford, who is a ‘brilliant litigator and an excellent strategist’, and Claire Haverfield in Southampton. Esther Millard leads on disputes for independent schools.
South East > Insurance > Professional negligence
With ‘vast experience of professional negligence’ Moore Barlow assists both organisations and individuals in claims against professionals including financial advisors, lawyers, and surveyors. Team heads David Foster and Claire Haverfield split their time between Southampton and Guildford, with Haverfield focusing on commercial and contractual claims. Esther Millard in Guildford is particularly active in professional negligence and commercial disputes within the education sector. Other names to note include Southampton-based Andrew Reid, recommended for his claimant-side representation. Mark Osgood has since left the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Hampshire
- Professional negligence South East > Insurance
- Commercial litigation: Hampshire South East > Dispute resolution
- Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex South East > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Hampshire
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Hampshire
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Hampshire
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Hampshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Hampshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment: Hampshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Public sector > Public sector