Clarke Willmott LLP‘s commercial and private client litigation team is well versed in a wide range of disputes spanning shareholder and partnership disputes, defamation and harassment claims, breach of confidential information issues, and private client litigation. Department head John Flint’s practice covers shareholder, director and partnership disputes, while Louise Goodwin handles the full breadth of commercial litigation matters, including corporate disputes, professional negligence claims and property-related disputes.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Great attention to detail, and committed to achieving the client's goals.’
  • ‘John Flint has developed an extremely strong team in Manchester. Clarke Wilmott has very good commercial lawyers at all levels.’

  • ‘John Flint is an extremely impressive individual. He has great tactical acumen and is invariably one step ahead of his opposite number.'

  • 'Geraldine Stephens is extremely diligent and personable.'
  • 'Louise Godwin is a brilliant lawyer. She gets into the detail of cases, and is able to pull them together in a way that is easy for a judge to understand. Very strong on commercial fraud.’
  • ‘Personal and tailored service, very easy to work with.’

Key clients

  • Morgan King Group
  • AD Investments Limited
  • National Union of Mine Workers
  • IKPA
  • Anhui Morden Living Co Ltd
  • Capital Growth Group Limited
  • Super Fund LLC
  • Trailstream Limited
  • Modularwise
  • Oathall (UK) Limited
  • Fash Dispatch Transport Limited
  • Derbyshire Flooring Contractors Limited
  • Premierserv Limited
  • Benoit Properties International Limited
  • JMGT Asset Management Limited
  • Valloop Fund Limited

Work highlights

  • Obtained an urgent freezing order on behalf of Pipi Print & Packaging Ltd and Pipi Properties including any crypto assets held in crypto wallets in a claim exceeding £7m in respect of fraudulent misappropriation of monies by an ex-employee, related third party individuals and companies.
  • Represented an individual in a claim, which included allegations of unlawful misuse of confidential information, breach of confidence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of equitable and contractual obligations.
  • Acting for two individuals in relation to a breach of contract claim against Sunderland City Council with an estimated value of around £700,000.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

John Flint

Other key lawyers

Alex Megaw, Louise Goodwin, Geraldine Stephens