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Rachel Higgs

Rachel Higgs

Mills & Reeve LLP, East Anglia

Work Department

Commercial litigation.

Position

Head of commercial disputes team, Norwich. Specialises in complex and high value contract disputes, civil fraud, injunctive work, breach of warranty claims, partnership and shareholder disputes and claimant professional negligence, with a niche specialism in restrictive covenant/breach of confidence cases.  Rachel is a qualified mediator and has extensive experience of mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Current cases include a £30m claim for professional negligence and a £7m claim for breach of contract.

Career

Solicitor Mills & Reeve 1984-90; partner Mills & Reeve 1990. Director, The Forum Trust.

Memberships

Norwich Businesswomen’s Network; ADR Group Accredited Mediator.

Education

King Edward VI Camphill School for Girls, Birmingham; University of Nottingham (1981 LLB Hons Law); Nottingham Law School (1997 LLM Advanced Litigation).

Leisure

Family, food, current affairs, cinema and reading.

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