Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is a claimant focused firm which specialises in group action claims against solicitors and construction professionals. The firm is praised for its ‘unparalleled sense of team spirit and sense of collaboration and support’. The ’no nonsense’ David Niven specialises in high value, multi-party professional negligence actions against legal professionals. David O’Brien is highly experienced in international group actions, including those brought before the High Court, while Kamran Rehman covers the banking, finance, and real estate sectors.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Very attentive and focussed representation. Top-notch.’
- ‘Solid team. Well able to assess when to incur the costs of instructing counsel and when to handle internally.’
- ‘Kamran Rehman has good knowledge of latest developments in this area. He works very hard to keep his clients happy and to meet client expectations (including client-imposed deadlines).’
- ‘They give an unparalleled sense of team spirit and sense of collaboration and support.’
- ‘Very technically and legally knowledgeable partners and associates who do not simply rely on counsel, but have well-developed and thought out analyses and stratagems on their cases. They are remarkably diligent at getting the evidence that is required, but they are not wasteful with resources.’
- ‘David Niven and David O'Brien are the partners I have worked with - they are both very pleasant and on the ball. ’
- ‘Vastly experienced and very capable.’
- ‘They are all experts in their field and very capable in managing complex group actions.’
Key clients
- NPPM action groups
- Hope Capital
- Cutlers Holdings Limited
- Scarborough Group International Limited
- Social Money
- City and Country Group
Work highlights
- Acted on various high-profile matters for one of the UK’s largest family-owned property companies, with regard to the sale of Sheffield United Football Club.
- Acting in a professional negligence valuation claim for a short-term bridging lender, Hope Capital. The Defendant valued a 15th Century Grade II listed property in Cobham owned by the National Trust, which was used as a restaurant and was being converted into a large home, without the National Trust’s consent.
- Acted for a total of 27 clients in breach of stakeholder contract claims against 174 Law Solicitors Limited in relation to the alleged unlawful release of our clients’ deposits in a property investment scheme.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Niven