Seddons delivers ‘a Magic Circle service for mid-market (and top-end) clients’. The team is experienced in banking and commercial litigation, IP matters, and restructuring and insolvency, as well as wills, trusts and probate disputes. Christian Smith is a corporate, shareholder and commercial agency disputes specialist. John Melville-Smith acts in contested trust, probate and inheritance claims and Steffan Taylor has an ’excellent legal brain’. In January 2024, David Wheeler stepped down as partner, but remains a consultant, while Marvin Simons retired from practice in December 2023.
Testimonials
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‘Excellent client care - on top of the law, strategically astute, and perfectly suited for individual litigants or SMEs.’
‘Seddons are well respected and often punch well above their weight in the market.’
Work highlights
- Acted for Andrew Crump (and associated companies) in defending an approximately £50m deceit/unlawful means, conspiracy and negligence claim (arising from the sale of investment properties).
- Acted for Angus McKay in pursuing an approximately £20m secret trust and will rectification claim.