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Nicola Stanley
Work Department
Commercial Litigation and Property Litigation
Position
Senior Associate
Nicola has 16 years’ experience in Dispute Resolution and has advised a wide range of clients from individuals and SMEs to local authorities and PLCs. Her strength lies in having studied and worked in business prior to embarking on a legal career so can understand the client’s business objectives from the outset, get to the heart of the dispute and provide practical, commercial advice to resolve the dispute quickly and cost effectively.
Nicola has extensive Commercial Litigation experience handling a mixed caseload of general litigation matters including breach of contract claims, breach of warranty claims and partnership disputes with a particular emphasis on professional negligence matters. She has considerable expertise acting for lenders and financial institutions in negligence claims against surveyors and solicitors and more recently, for individuals and limited companies against tax and financial advisers. She also has extensive property litigation experience acting for landowners, landlords and tenants in cases involving break clauses, contested lease renewal claims, dilapidations, forfeiture and enforcement of general terms.
Nicola is a well established property litigator dealing with a wide range of issues both in respect of residential and commercial property. She regularly deals with contentious and non-contentious business lease renewals, dilapidations claims, possession claims, breach of covenant claims (leading to forfeiture), break notices and title rectification claims.
Nicola also has experience of rent and service charge recovery, including matters heard in the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).
Notable cases
Redstone Mortgages Limited v Countrywide Surveyors Limited [2011] 3 EGLR 153 pursuing solicitors and surveyors (amongst others) for losses arising from negligent advice.
Advising a partnership in a successful breach of warranty claim involving a 2 week trial following the purchase of a dental practice
Acting for a lender client in a professional negligence claim against a surveyor following the negligent overvaluation of a property. Success at trial on all aspects of the claim, including defeating the partial defence of contributory negligence on account of the lending criteria and failure to mitigate (Redstone Mortgages Limited v Countrywide Surveyors Limited [2011] 3 EGLR 153)
Acting for a landlord client in a terminal dilapidations claim involving diminution in value arguments
Acting for a landlord client in an insurance claim contesting reinstatement costs and loss of rent following a serious fire at commercial premises
Career History
- FS Legal 2017 to date
- Read Roper and Read Solicitors – Associate Solicitor, 2014 – 2017
- Walker Morris LLP – Associate Solicitor, 2013 – 3014
- Cobbetts LLP – Solicitor, 2002 – 2013
- Laytons Solicitors LLP – Trainee Solicitor, 2000 – 2002
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers – 1999-2000
- Royal Mail – Graduate Project Manager, 1994 – 1998
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Insurance > Professional negligence
(Rising stars)Boutique litigation firm FS Legal has a strong record in professional negligence disputes; standout recent work includes acting for the defendants in FCA v Steel & Foster, an important case in the pension transfers space. Joint practice heads Kit Sorrell and Julia Norris are recommended for their experience in handling claims against financial advisors and tax advisors. Legal directors Nicola Stanley, Christine Newton and John Colvin support.
North West > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
FS Legal is known for its ability to deal with high-value, complex litigation for international corporates, local businesses and high net-worth individuals. Kit Sorrell covers the full spectrum of commercial litigation issues such as shareholder disputes, warranty claims, contractual disputes and expert determinations. He co-heads the team with Julia Norris who is well-versed in professional negligence disputes. Christine Newton is experienced in the manufacturing and construction sectors while Nicola Stanley has a specialism in property litigation matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West North West > Dispute resolution
- Rising stars North West > Insurance > Professional negligence
- Professional negligence North West > Insurance