Rory Mac Neice > Ashfords LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Ashfords LLP fields a ‘strong team with considerable experience of bringing professional negligence claims across a range of disciplines’. The group is well versed in acting for banks and other lending institutions, and is regularly instructed to represent claimants in cases against professionals in the construction and legal sectors. The firm also has a niche specialism in claims against veterinary surgeons. Rory Mac Neice and Victoria Bonnet jointly lead the practice.

Housing a ‘strong team of commercial litigators’, Ashfords LLP handles a broad range of cases, from IT and technology litigation, data protection mandates and financial services disputes to crisis management issues, including urgent injunctive and fraud matters, and retail disputes. Praised as ‘extremely savvy and an effective litigator’, Rory Mac Neice leads the team and handles financial services and technology litigation, with additional experience in professional negligence claims. Other key contacts include Tom Llewellyn, who is noted for his expertise in contentious data protection mandates, and Ian Manners.

Ashfords LLP is particularly renowned in the market for its expertise in the horse racing space, fielding a team that frequently acts for jockeys, trainers, clubs, associations, and regulatory bodies in high-profile disputes. The Bristol-based team is headed up by sport regulation and commercial litigation expert Rory Mac Neice, who is praised as ‘the best lawyer in the country for racing‘ and chiefly handles regulatory cases arising out of match fixing and anti-doping allegations. Alongside equestrian sports, the team is also capable of handling matters relating to swimming, tennis, and football, among others, and it regularly draws on the firm’s capabilities in the commercial and employment spaces to advise on trademark issues, governance matters, and commercial disputes.

Ashfords LLP‘s ‘exceptional’ disputes department is experienced in litigation over contracts, emergency relief and contempt of court proceedings. Fraud, asset and tracing claims, and company and partnership conflicts are other areas of expertise. It also acts in claims involving company directors, cross-border matters, defamation, professional negligence, and debt recovery. Fraud specialist James Crighton is ‘dedicated to his clients’ and Ceris Fuller has ‘a real eye for detail’. Rory Mac Neice in Bristol acts in technology and sports sector-related disputes and Exeter-based Andrew Perkins leads the department.