Esther Millard
Moore BarlowLed by accredited mediator David Foster, based in Guildford, and Claire Haverfield in Southampton, the team at Moore Barlow is hailed as being ‘dedicated and assiduous’. The firm has experience in contractual and commercial disputes for larger SMEs, owner managed businesses, large lender clients, and serial entrepreneurial clients for business-critical matters, and has brought cases before the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Active across financial services, IP and debt recovery, the firm boasts a broad spectrum of expertise. Esther Millard is a key name at senior associate level.
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Testimonials
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‘Professional and knowledgeable.’
‘Highly competent, but approachable.’
‘David Foster is excellent. Just the man to have on your side.’
‘The team is dedicated and assiduous in representing and pursuing their interests. A very decent provincial firm.’
‘David Foster - partner - is very hands on and available at all times. A good lawyer that is keen to look after his clients but also approachable and helpful to barristers when required.'
‘Superb client care. Penetrating legal analysis.’
Key clients
- Tokio Marine HCC
- Marriot Hotels
- Camila Batmanghelidjh (former trustee of Kids Company)
- Business Mortgage Finance 5 PLC and Business Mortgage Finance 7 PLC
- Ijarah 3.0 Trust 2022-1
- Hansard Trust Company Limited
- CNK Alliance Limited
- Trimount Properties (Brickfields) Ltd (in Administration)
- Nahid Residential Limited
- Froyle Park Limited
Work highlights
- Acting for Business Mortgage Finance 5 Plc and Business Mortgage Finance 7 Plc in a high-value recovery case before the High Court and the Court of Appeal relating to secret commissions.
- Acting for Ijarah 3.0 Trust 2022-1 (a Delaware statutory trust) in a winding-up petition against a company debtor with a complex multi-jurisdictional corporate structure, where the value of the overall debt was approximately $8m.
- Acting for (the now deceased) Camila Batmanghelidjh in her judicial review of a decision of the Charity Commission relating to the charity Kids Company.
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Claire Haverfield, David Foster