Peter Blake > Prettys Solicitors LLP > Ipswich, England > Lawyer Profile
Prettys Solicitors LLP Offices

6th Floor
St Vincent House
1 Cutler Street
IP1 1UQ
England
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Peter Blake

Work Department
Construction and Commercial Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner and Head of Commercial Dispute Resolution
Career
Peter qualified as a solicitor in 1987 and became a Partner with Prettys in 1991. He has a degree in Law from Exeter University. Peter has focused on dispute resolution in its various forms throughout his career, during which he has helped clients resolve a diverse range of commercial disputes, many of which through mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution as well as creating commercial opportunities. Peter is a trained mediator but has confined his mediation activity to representing clients in recent years. He is the firm’s representative in Galexy, an international association of independent law firms of which he is currently President. He enjoys early involvement and the challenge of assisting clients in achieving commercial resolutions to disputes.
Peter is recommended as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia
(Leading partners)The litigation practice at Prettys Solicitors LLP in Ipswich is best known for breach of contract, professional negligence, insolvency, director and shareholder disputes. The firm is also adept in fraud, insurance and regulatory matters. Practice head and accredited mediator Peter Blake is ‘a very impressive and knowledgeable lawyer, very good with his clients‘. Experienced advocate Graham Mead is ‘very experienced and has a wealth of knowledge to draw on‘. Partner Bushra Elzubeir, and associate Michael Booth also play central roles in the practice.
East Anglia > Real estate > Construction
(Leading partners)Based in Ipswich, Prettys Solicitors LLP has built up a solid reputation in construction disputes, with vastly experienced litigator Peter Blake leading the group. ‘It’s a great team, combining intelligence, legal acumen and a high level of client knowledge‘, remark clients, noting that litigation senior associate Michael Booth is ‘very astute‘.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners East Anglia > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Leading partners East Anglia > Real estate > Construction
- Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia East Anglia > Dispute resolution
- Construction East Anglia > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Transport > Transport and shipping
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant