The team at Moore Barlow, led by David Foster and Claire Haverfield, is claimant-focused and advises on a wide range of professional negligence claims brought by lenders, hotels, manufacturers, and breweries against solicitors, accountants, and architects. The group is also adept at handling complex cases involving allegations of fraud, criminality, and conspiracy. Another key figure of the team, Andrew Reid, is recognised for his expertise in cases involving accounting errors during corporate restructures.
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‘Moore Barlow is a full-service regional powerhouse with competence in all areas of litigation, including professional negligence. They can take on all sizes of claims, matching their team and output to their client's resources. The team make sensible use of Counsel to supplement their own expertise.’
‘David Foster leads the Moore Barlow litigation team with subtlety and aplomb. His skill in assessing the big picture, as well as the personalities of parties and witnesses, greatly improves the chance of a favourable outcome.’
‘Moore Barlow has the technical ability and experience in prof neg to go up against far larger firms. Moore Barlow has one of only a very few genuine specialist claimant prof neg teams, and acts equally well for both large corporates, such as lenders, small, medium-sized businesses and individuals.’
‘Claire Haverfield is an excellent litigator, very robust but very realistic and good at getting clients to understand their options. Also, technically very good Andrew Reid is a technical expert in this field, as well as have incredible grasp of the detail of cases and the ability to employ technological solutions to aid his clients.'
'Alex Poplawska is a very good associate and is gaining expertise in this field all the time On the lender claim side, Susannah Marsh has a wealth of experience and is excellent at managing very large, multi-party cases’
‘Moore Barlow took on an existing case whereby our sitting solicitors gave us wrong info. As a result, we had to change solicitors and sue for negligence, as we ended up on the end of a lawsuit. They managed to help us through the initial case, and sorted the negotiations for the negligence case, which were resolved at mediation satisfactorily.’
Key clients
- Amicus Finance Ltd
- Octopus Real Estate
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
David Foster; Claire Haverfield
Other key lawyers
Andrew Reid; Esther Millard; Alex Poplawska; Susannah Marsh; Daniel Baker