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Christine Newton
Christine Newton
Legal Director Christine Newton is a Legal Director at FS Litigation, advising on complex commercial litigation and corporate disputes, with particular expertise in construction, engineering, and professional services claims. With over 20 years’ PQE, Christine has led multi-million-pound disputes across a wide range of sectors including engineering, manufacturing, construction, logistics, and pharmaceuticals. She is also a Certified Practitioner in Data Protection and is particularly effective in ADR and arbitration. She has extensive experience in mediation, achieving successful settlements for numerous clients as a result.
Julia Norris
Julia Norris
MANAGING PARTNER Julia Norris is the Managing Partner of FS Litigation’s specialist commercial litigation and professional negligence practice. About With over 20 years' litigation experience, Julia is ranked in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK where she is noted as an ‘excellent litigator’, ‘first class’ , ‘a superb lawyer’, and ‘one of the very best in the business’. Julia specialises in high-value, complex, multi-party professional negligence disputes, often involving national law firms, financial institutions, tax advisers, accountants and other professionals. With a Band 1 ranking in Chambers & Partners in Professional Negligence, Julia has considerable experience of multi-million-pound claims concerning failed tax planning and investments. She is also often instructed in negligence claims against other firms of solicitors, most notably in respect of badly handled corporate transactions. Julia trained at Wacks Caller, qualified at Pannone LLP and became a Partner of FS Legal in 2014 before founding the specialist and dedicated litigation-only firm, FS Litigation.
Kit Sorrell
Kit Sorrell
PARTNER Kit Sorrell is a Partner and co-founder of FS Litigation’s commercial litigation and professional negligence team, a dedicated litigation-only practice focused on complex, high-value disputes. About With over 45 years’ experience, Kit Sorrell is one of the UK’s most respected commercial litigators. He is one of few lawyers in the North West recognised in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for both Commercial Litigation and Professional Negligence. Kit’s practice spans shareholder, contractual, tax-related and financial disputes, often valued in the tens of millions. Many of his clients have worked with him for over two decades, reflecting his long-standing status as a trusted adviser. He is widely known for his strategic clarity, robust litigation style, and success in high-profile, multi-party and technically complex claims.
Nicola Stanley
Nicola Stanley
Legal Director Nicola Stanley is a Legal Director at FS Litigation, advising on commercial disputes, professional negligence claims, and contentious property matters. About With two decades of litigation experience, Nicola brings commercial insight and practical legal judgement to a wide range of disputes. Recognised by The Legal 500 as a ‘Rising Star’, her expertise spans professional negligence, contractual disputes, property litigation and judicial review, regularly advising on high-value claims in the High Court and Court of Appeal. With a strong business background, having studied business at university (both in the UK and at Bordeaux University) and working in industry for 5 years before qualifying as a solicitor, she has a unique insight into both commercial objectives and litigation strategy.