Irwin Mitchell
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Diana Wright
- Phone020 7650 3917
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Work Department
Commercial dispute resolution.
Position
International commercial dispute lawyer advising on international trade and sales of food, agency and distribution, contractual disputes and ‘shareholder disputes’, conflicts of law and jurisdiction. Reported cases: Re Portbase Clothing; Else (1982) Ltd v Parkland Holdings (CA); Glencore International v Bank of China (CA); Klickner Holdings v Klickner & co.
Career
Trained Lovells/Mawby Barrie Scott; qualified 1989; solicitor Herbert Smith 1989-91; solicitor Pritchard Englefield 1991, partner 1992; merger with Thomas Eggar LLP 2013. Publications of note: Sellers beware: letters of credit under UPC 500 come under scrutiny of the Court of Appeal (Journal of International Banking Law 1995).
Languages
French, German, Spanish (basic).
Memberships
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Magistrates Association; Law Society.
Education
The Atherley School, Southampton; St Edmunds Hall, Oxford (1984 MA Oxon Modern Language); Trent Polytechnic Nottingham (1985 CPE); Law Society Finals (1986).
Leisure
Singing, Magistrates West London, cinema, reading.