Mr Russell Ward > Ward Hadaway LLP > Newcastle upon Tyne, England > Lawyer Profile
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SANDGATE HOUSE
102 QUAYSIDE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3DX
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Mr Russell Ward
Work Department
Commercial Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Russell is a Partner in the Commercial Litigation Department in Ward Hadaway’s Newcastle and Leeds offices.
Russell trained with the firm and joined the commercial litigation team as a newly qualified solicitor in September 2006. Russell was subsequently promoted to associate in May 2011 and to Partner in May 2015.
Russell has obtained an excellent level of experience in a wide variety of cases and has been heavily involved in a range of commercial disputes.
He has significant experience of matters of professional negligence against valuers and solicitors, as well as accountants and other professionals.
In addition, Russell has significant experience of employment claims which fall outside of the remit of the tribunals and within the jurisdiction of the courts, specifically with respect to matters of breach of confidence and breaches of post-termination restrictive covenants, as well as of complex disputed debts, breach of contract and tort claims.
Lawyer Rankings
North > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Newcastle
With particular experience acting for clients in the healthcare sector, including ambulance services and NHS trusts, and local authorities, Ward Hadaway LLP’s commercial litigation team attracts praise for its ‘great commercial acumen‘. Practice head Peter Hornsey handles partnership and shareholder disputes as well as contentious intellectual property mandates, while Robert Glassford is the name to note for complex contractual disputes and administrative court claims. Martin Woodford acts on PFI disputes, Tim Toomey is the key contact for IT litigation, and Russell Ward is recommended for employment and professional negligence claims. Also in the core team are Lucy Cleghorn, who is well versed in cross-border work, partnership dispute expert Kirsty Dye, and Rob Eldon, who assists on contentious corporate matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Newcastle
- Real estate > Commercial property: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Public sector > Health
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Planning and environment
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family