JMW Solicitors LLP

Commercial Litigation

Partner in the Commercial Litigation team.  Steve acts in respect of general commercial and corporate disputes for a wide variety of clients, including warranty claims, shareholder and partnership disputes, breaches of contract, fraud, professional negligence and all forms of injunctions.

His experience includes:

• Obtaining judgment for £10.8million and obtaining a finding of fraud on a fraudulent warranty claim;
• Successfully defending a contractual claim for £58m in an adjudication;
• Successfully defending an unfair prejudice shareholder claim which was discontinued by the Petitioners after 3 days of the trial;
• Acting as a High Court appointed Supervising Solicitor in the execution of numerous search & seize injunctions; and
• Representing clients in over 50 mediations.

Trained at Laytons in the City; qualified in 1995.  Made Partner at Halliwells in 2005.  Moved to DWF in 2010 and joined JMW in May 2019.

French and German

Oxford University, Birkenhead School

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