Jenifer Martindale

Jenifer is a partner in our Dispute Resolution Team as well as being a member of the Education Team. Jenifer acts for: businesses (from SMEs to large companies), individuals, landed estates, schools and charities. She provides her clients with expert advice and excellent client service. Jenifer believes it is important to build a strong rapport with her clients to understand their needs and objectives. Her advice and recommendations are tailored to meet those needs and objectives, highlighting the risks and cost benefit of each particular step and stage of dispute resolution. Dispute resolution Jenifer has a wide-ranging litigation practice with particular emphasis on commercial disputes but also with expertise in contested property matters. She acts for both claimants and defendants dealing with disputes from initial correspondence through to court proceedings both in the County Court and High Court. Jenifer has extensive experience of alternative dispute resolution procedures including mediation. Jenifer has particular expertise in commercial contractual disputes including breach of contract, defective products, contract termination and debt recovery (including enforcement of judgments). She also has experience of acting in disputes concerning director/shareholder issues, LLP/partnership disputes, employment post-termination restrictive covenants, professional negligence, defamation, and construction contracts (including adjudication). In addition to her commercial litigation practice, Jenifer undertakes property litigation work specialising in disputes between property co-owners, rights of way/boundary disputes and town/village green applications. Education Jenifer provides advice and clarification on the operation of the Parent School Contract and other admission documents and has expertise in the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and its applicability to the Parent School Contract. She regularly acts for schools on fees recovery matters including FILON disputes and is increasingly involved in advising on general education matters. She also has experience of dealing with parental complaints (often linked to fees debts). Jenifer regularly contributes to school publications with a particular focus on maximising fees recovery and avoiding bad debts. · Wilsons