The litigation practice at Tees Law is led from Bishop’s Stortford but its Cambridge office has significant experience in the form of senior associate Sara Stabler, who frequently handles complex, multi-party contract disputes, as well as shareholder and partnership disputes. Her team has grown with the addition of senior associate Angela Togher from Sebastians Solicitors and associate Christina Stout from Mishcon de Reya LLP. Stabler is currently handling a shareholder dispute arising from the death of a retired director.
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‘Quick to react, attention to detail and extensive knowledge of relevant case law and professional practice.’
‘Chris Claxton-Shirley: Wonderfully well-mannered, sharp intellect, incisive and very sensible about what and what is not relevant. Very quick at getting back to you.'
- 'Alex Waples: Wide knowledge of the law at stake, prepared to tackle extremely difficult issues head on, great sense of humour which is needed when things get awkward.'
- Sara Stabler: Very wide understanding of commercial law issues and prepared to pursue that understanding to the clients' advantage - and wholly prepared to take the matter to litigation or mediation if necessary. Has a critical perspective on commercial inter-family issues being mindful of the niceties of how disputes can affect human issues. Sara has a unique role in this area.’
Work highlights
- Advising on shareholder dispute following death of retired director and the estate aggressively pursuing the company regarding terms of agreement (reached verbally with the deceased).
- Successfully defending a claim between a former couple that the beneficial interest in the property was greater than that recorded in the trust deed. Deal value of £350,000.00.
- Advising client company and negotiating with HMRC regarding backdated tax relief following change of premises. Deal value £2 million.
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Practice head
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Darren Perks