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Stephen is a Partner in the Commercial Disputes team. He has over 20 years experience of commercial dispute resolution. Stephen was one of the first solicitors to be awarded Higher Rights of Audience by the Law Society and subsequently has appeared as advocate in the Court of Appeal. Chambers & Partners’ 2011 guide to the legal profession rates Stephen in Band 1 of leading individuals and describes him as an “A-list player who has a good legal brain and brings incredible energy to his cases”, while the 2010 edition of the Legal 500 directory rates him as a “thoroughly switched-on litigator”

He has represented parties in a wide range of high-value commercial disputes from complex IT development projects and design and manufacturing contract disputes to litigation and arbitration arising from mergers and acquisitions. Stephen’s recent experience also includes public procurement challenges and high profile applications for judicial review.

Stephen’s recent experience includes:

• Representing a group of shareholders in High Court proceedings relating to the meaning of a share valuation clause in a join venture agreement.
• Representing a public transport company as an interested party in judicial review proceedings between a Passenger Transport Executive and the Secretary of State for Transport concerning the meaning of regulations concerning the calculation of concessionary fare reimbursement.
• Defending a £14m claim on behalf of an IT Services company arising from the termination of a project to replace a core IT system for a financial services organisation.

To view a full version of Stephen’s CV, please click here.

Additional Information

• Interests
• Stephen is an expert in Alternative Dispute Resolution and has regularly worked as a commercial mediator since 2001, when he was accredited by CEDR.
  To view Stephen's mediation CV, please click here.
  He is also experienced in less well known forms of ADR, such as Early Neutral Evaluation.
• Download the full C.V.

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