The dispute resolution practice group at DWF routinely advises high-profile clients in the retail, food and drink, telecoms, energy, and public procurement sectors. The team has notable strength in defending and managing group litigation, specifically relating to business-critical data breaches. The team is led by Daniel Williams, who handles a diverse range of disputes spanning shareholder and director disputes, breach of contract and warranty issues, breaches of restrictive covenants, professional negligence disputes, and applications for injunctive relief. Joel Heap specialises in issues arising out of companies and company law including shareholdings and directorship litigation and partnership claims. Andrew Harris routinely acts for high-profile individuals in professional partnership arbitration proceedings. Michelle Maher has extensive expertise in data protection law, acting for high-profile clients in group litigation claims concerning data breaches. Elinor Webster has significant experience in disputes relating to potential beaches of post-termination restrictive covenants, while Victoria Harkness has worked on complex injunctions and warranty disputes.
Testimonials
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‘Very practical and subject matter experts.’
‘Dan Williams is a very skilled operator with a pragmatic approach.’
Key clients
- Graham Hunter Martin
- JCB Power Systems Limited (part of the JCB Group)
Work highlights
- Advising Serco PLC on a number of business critical, often sensitive and complex high-value disputes concerning procurement and contract interpretation matters.
- Representing JD Sports PLC in respect of all regulatory investigations and the defence of all civil claims arising from a data incident.