Cathy Harris
Clarke Willmott LLPClarke Willmott LLP regularly handles commercial litigation across a variety of sectors, including the retail, technology, education, and financial services industries. The ‘highly competent’ team is co-led by Owen Williams and Cathy Harris. Williams splits his time between the London and Southampton offices; he is recommended for his skills resolving shareholder disputes. Harris has a breadth of experience advising on defamation claims, contract disputes, breaches of restrictive covenants, and allegations of professional negligence.
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‘Cathy Harris is terrific. She is friendly. She knows exactly what the right questions and issues are, and she knows how to deal with them.’
‘An excellent team of dedicated, proactive, very tough yet very pleasant people.’
‘Owen William and Cathy Harris are both outstanding individuals. They are attentive, very principled, decisive, thorough, and very pleasant to work with.’
‘Clarke Willmott in Southampton has always been very responsive and kept us up to date with proceedings regularly. They are very thorough. Their due diligence is to be applauded.’
‘Owen Williams is by far one of the best legal professionals we have worked with.’
- 'The Clarke Willmott team are highly competent and nice people to deal with. They are experts by virtue of lengthy experience.'
Key clients
- Sony Europe B.V
- WeBuyAnyPhone Limited
- A wholly owned subsidiary of Stockbridge Land Ltd.
- Hampshire Sport & Leisure Limited
- SME HCI Ltd t/a Vivup
- Greene King Brewing and Retailing Limited
Work highlights
- Advising on the judicial developments in Covid-19 business interruption claims to advance Hampshire Sport and Leisure Holdings’ claim for compensation in the sum of £2m.
- Advised WeBuyAnyPhone Limited on its right to seek damages following a service providers’ attempt to renege from an agreed business venture worth in excess of £1m.
- Advising a client on its right to pursue compensation following a landowner’s decision to withdraw prematurely from a joint venture to develop land.
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Owen Williams, Cathy Harris