Business Dispute Resolution
Andrew Reid
Andrew is an associate solicitor with the professional negligence department. When people have been let down by professionals, they will inevitably be nervous about who to trust, and will likely need support to understand what their options are and how best to go forward. Andrew reviews their situation with them, advises on their options, and helps them manage and resolve their claims, enabling them to make informed decisions along the way.
His clients are a wide-ranging variety of businesses and individuals who have been let down by other professionals, and who have suffered significant financial losses as a result.
Anna Iceton
Anna is a Partner in the firm’s market leading property disputes team with almost 20 years’ experience in all areas of contentious real estate.
She has a particular focus on disputes in the telecommunications sector with several highly reported cases in this area. Residential claims are also of particular interest, including all aspects of service charge management and structuring.
Although disputes are sometimes unavoidable, she works closely with clients to find commercial and pragmatic solutions to issues deploying a solution based and risk avoidance outlook to all matters including exploring all available ADR options.
Anna joined Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (now Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP) on qualification as a solicitor, where she was promoted to Associate Director in 2021. She's also a member of the Property Litigation Association and Women in Property.
Outside of work she loves spending time with her family and all the activities that come with having two active children (football, rugby, Guides and aerial skills to name a few) plus getting outdoors whether that’s walking the dog, gardening or the latest DIY project.
David Foster
Partner and head of the litigation department; leads the firm’s extensive litigation practice; has 20 years’ civil litigation experience and has acted on complex cases on banking, lending, property, planning, ethics and human rights; David is a nationally known mediator, having been actively involved in the field since 1996 with a success rate of 90% and on a range of commercial cases. Court of Appeal cases in 2005 are Jepson, Burke, and challenge to procedures of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
Benjamin Millward
Ben is a Senior associate solicitor in our Commercial dispute resolution team, as well as being the co-head and co-founder of our Sports Law sector group.
He assists clients with all manner of commercial disputes, including: complex contractual disputes, boardroom / shareholder disputes and debt recovery. He has over 12 years’ experience in the latter, having assisted clients across numerous sectors in recovering their trade debts. Much of his work involves a cross-board element.
He assists and advises his clients throughout all stages of their commercial disputes or debt recovery claims, from preliminary advice and pre-action steps through to the enforcement of judgments.
He also regularly advises and assists clients with issuing compulsory liquidation proceedings (winding-up and bankruptcy) against debtors.
His experience enables him to provide commercially sensible advice to clients, including on how best to utilise Alternative Dispute Resolution. However, if a claim is disputed he can guide clients through the court process all the way to trial.
As co-head and co-founder of the Sports Law sector group, he has experience in advising clients in the sports sector with their disputes. This can include matters such as those described above but also regulatory / disciplinary proceedings.
Esther Millard
Esther specialises in handling professional negligence claims on behalf of both businesses and individuals. She has particular and extensive experience with claims against chartered surveyors and solicitors, and has successfully resolved a large number of such claims during the many years that she has specialised in this area.
She also advises on a variety of commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, insurance coverage disputes, disputes involving independent schools and defamation claims. She also sits as a Deputy District Judge on the South Eastern Circuit.
Emma studied Law at Queens’ College Cambridge, spent her training contract at Clifford Chance in the City, and then worked for five years at a West End media law firm in London, before moving to Moore Barlow (then Barlow Robbins) in 2006.
Outside work, she enjoys writing and illustrating children’s stories, swimming and sewing.
Claire Haverfield
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.
Heather Dobson
Heather is a partner and head of insolvency and restructuring. She also holds a non-appointment-taking insolvency licence. Heather works with insolvency practitioners, directors, individuals, lenders, landlords, trade creditors, and other stakeholders, and has experience of a broad range of corporate and personal insolvency procedures, and rescue and restructuring strategies. She also works with companies and shareholders on solvent liquidations and tax efficient exit-planning.
Heather loves building strong relationships with clients; working collaboratively with them to understand what it is important to them, both commercially and personally, and helping them achieve their objectives.
In Chambers & Partners she is ranked as a “Leading Individual” and in Legal 500 as a “Next Generation Lawyer”. She has been independently recognised for her technical acumen, pragmatism, ability to achieve results, and strong client and interpersonal skills.
Delivering presentations and training to the insolvency profession is something she does frequently, (for example at R3 and SESCA conferences, and in-house to insolvency practitioner clients and their teams).
Susannah Marsh
Susannah is a partner and heads up the firm’s Financial Services Litigation team. She assists major lenders and mortgage providers with complex residential and commercial possession claims, professional negligence, real estate litigation (including title rectification), fraud and debt recovery claims. She provides clients with effective solutions and the necessary support and guidance to help them recover their money as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. She provides a level of personal service based on not only legal expertise, but also a detailed understanding of her clients’ business priorities.
Susannah has been involved in some of the most influential cases involving unfair relationships, secret commissions and bribery in the last few years – cases which have had a direct impact upon the industry.
Rebecca Chaplin
Rebecca helps clients with issues that may arise or have arisen in corporate and private insolvency situations. Her clients include insolvency practitioners, company directors and individuals at various stages of an insolvency process. She provides them with practical solutions in order to secure the best possible outcome in the most cost-effective way.
Rebecca pursues all types of antecedent transactions on behalf of clients. She also advises on various applications including:
Presenting or defending a petition
Interim orders
Emergency injunctive applications
Administration applications
Applications for validation
Claims
Asset recovery
Team Services
Moore Barlow have a team of experienced litgation lawyers who will provide you with specialist advice, explain your options and help you to decide how you want to approach the dispute. We focus on resolution, allowing you to avoid going to court where possible, through their mediation or arbitration services. But, where litigation is unavoidable, we will put you in the best position to achieve a successful outcome at court.
You can have complete confidence in the Moore Barlow team to provide you with the highest quality service across several specialist areas, including Business Disputes, Financial Services, Professional Negligance, Asset Recovery and Debt Recovery.
Our services
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Business mediation services
- Debt recovery
- Financial services litigation
- Insolvency & restructuring
- Professional negligence
- Property disputes
- Regulatory & public law