4 New Square Chambers remains at the forefront of the professional negligence market. The set continues to be involved with Grenfell Tower litigation, with David Turner KC, Clare Dixon KC, Isabel Barter and Conor Ewing acting for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in claims against contractors, architects and others. Ben Hubble KC, Justin Fenwick KC and Ben Smiley are involved in Abraaj v KPMG, a claim against the auditors of the high-profile Dubai-based emerging markets private equity house which collapsed in 2018. Hubble KC is also acting for the defendants in Afan Valley Ltd & Ors v Lupton Fawcett & Metis, alongside Michael Bowmer, Daniel Saoul KC and Pippa Manby; the case concerns a number of property investment schemes which entered into liquidation. Patrick Lawrence KC and Helen Evans KC are instructed on behalf of the defendant in Discovery Land v Axis, a case which raised questions on the extent of the coverage of solicitors’ insurers on the grounds of dishonesty on the parts of the insured solicitor. Scott Allen was instructed in Bratt v Jones, another case which went to the Court of Appeal concerning the test for valuers’ negligence.
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Profile
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).
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