United Kingdom - Wales • Dispute resolution
Blake Morgan LLP
Blake Morgan LLP provides 'well-informed and responsive' advice across a range of high-profile litigation. As well as being able to leverage his overarching IP credentials to good effect on litigation involving, inter alia, copyright, trade mark and misuse of confidential information, team head Lee Fisher is also noted for his aptitude at handling shareholder and unfair prejudice claims for private sector clients. Drawing upon a 'wealth of experience and excellent judgement', Joanne Thompson is best-known for her public sector expertise (including for central and local government, as well as health authorities), including in relation to the defence of public procurement challenges, as well as public inquiry-related work. Recently promoted to legal director, Sarah Whittle is also a key resource to defendants seeking to defend public procurement decisions as well as in the context of judicial review challenges. Whittle has also taken a new role in spearheading the firm's Court of Protection work for local authorities.
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Testimonials
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‘Blake Morgan has a superb team for litigating high-value procurement disputes.’
'The lawyers are well-informed and responsive.'
'They are professional and approachable and provide an excellent service.'
‘The people involved in our court case were polite, interested and always available for advice and clarity when needed. They made us feel at ease and not afraid of looking incompetent if needed to ask questions for clarity.’
‘Joanne Thompson is a first-rate procurement litigator with a wealth of experience and excellent judgement.'
Key clients
- National Health Service England ("NHSE")
- Clarins (UK) Limited
- Welsh Ministers
- Welsh Blood Service
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
- PHS Group/Personnel Hygiene Services Limited
- Garrison Barclay Estates Limited
- Swansea University
- Adferiad Recovery Limited
- Capital Green Recycling Limited
Work highlights
- Defending NHS England in a procurement challenge from Braceurself Limited. The case when to trial this year and made precedent in the areas of manifest error and damages as a remedy in the procurement field. Limited permission to appeal has been granted to the Claimant and further permissions sought by the Claimant from the Court of Appeal.
- Acting for a local entrepreneur in a number of connected substantial disputes: one relating to a Spanish Villa (where permission to appeal has been granted and is due to be heard by the Court of Appeal in May 2023, the second being three sets of related proceedings including an unfair prejudice proceeding and breach of fiduciary duty allegations which was due in trial for 3 weeks in June 2023 has recently settled on confidential terms.
- Continuing to represent two core participants, the Welsh Blood Service and NHS England, in the Infected Blood Inquiry.
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Joanne is a Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team based in Cardiff, specialising in procurement challenges, public inquiries, commercial and contractual disputes, post-completion and corporate disputes, professional negligence and partnership disputes.
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Lee Fisher, Paul Caldicott