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Pippa Manby
Position
Pippa has a broad commercial practice evenly spread across commercial disputes; professional liability; costs; and sports work. She is regularly instructed in highly complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes both on her own and as part of a team of barristers. She commercial work includes fraud, banking, shareholder and sale of goods disputes. Her professional liability work encompasses claims both for and against the full range of professionals. She has particular expertise in claims for and against accountants, auditors and tax advisers. Her sports work includes disciplinary matters; anti-doping; corruption; governance and selection disputes. She is regularly instructed for athletes; clubs; and governing bodies. Pippa’s costs practice involves a roughly equal balance of inter partes and solicitor-client disputes raising issues across the whole spectrum of costs law.
Career
Worcester College Oxford (Ancient & Modern History, Scholar); GDL, City University (Distinction); BVC, BPP (Outstanding); Call 2010, Lincoln’s Inn (Hardwicke, Lord Denning and Levitt scholarships).
Memberships
Lincoln’s Inn; COMBAR; PNBA; BASL.
Education
Worcester College, Oxford University (2007 BA (Hons) in Ancient and Modern History); City University (2009 CPE/GDL); BPP Law School (2010 BVC).
Leisure
Skiing; golf; tennis; watching sport; travel.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Costs
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Pippa Manby –4 New Square ‘If you are not instructing Pippa you are missing out on one of the sharpest, smartest and steadiest costs barristers currently practising.’
London Bar > Sport
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Pippa Manby – 4 New Square ‘Pippa is very quick to pick up on the complexities of a matter, very clear in her advice and also very calm under pressure.’
4 New Square Chambers acts ‘at the top of the field on high-profile sports disputes‘, in particular representing national and international sports governing bodies. For example, Pippa Manby managed to prosecuted former Northampton Saints player Chris Mayor, who was banned for four years for trafficking human growth hormone, while Kendrah Potts acted as sole counsel to the ICC in bringing corruption charges against the former West Indies player Marlon Samuels. Potts also led William Harman for the International Tennis Integrity Agency, bringing 107 charges for match-fixing against six professional tennis players. Turning to defence work, Richard Liddell KC acted for race horse trainer Richard Hannon in a BHA case after a race horse’s urine sample was found to contain arsenic. Members of the set sit as well – Graeme McPherson KC chaired the determination of the EFL’s Financial Fair Play charges against Derby County FC.
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Pippa Manby –4 New Square ‘Very well prepared and happy to take on work in new areas that expand on her already good knowledge.’