England - North West • Insurance
Addleshaw Goddard
Addleshaw Goddard handles professional negligence work across the construction, property and general commercial litigation sectors, acting for both companies and HNWIs. The practice is jointly headed by Nick Ashcroft, a commercial litigator handling professional negligence claims against solicitors and valuers, and Victoria Pool, who specialises in representing policyholders in coverage disputes involving professional indemnity. Susan Garrett, who leads the firm’s pensions litigation team, is also key in this space, with her work including representation of scheme trustees in claims against former advisors.
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Testimonials
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‘The dispute resolution team at AG are the pre-eminent dispute resolution team in the North West. That is reflected in their strength in depth, in the quality of their work, in the management and supervision that they provide and in the high level and value of the cases on which they are instructed.’
‘Victoria Pool - a newly appointed partner who has enormous drive and courage. Destined for the top. Nick Ashcroft - de facto head of the team in Manchester. Excellent client skills, driven, innovative and commercially minded.'
Work highlights
- Acting for a company and the trustees of a pension scheme in a professional negligence claim against a former advisor.
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The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nick Ashcroft, Victoria Pool