Lawyers in Wales
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Rebecca Quinn
I joined the Firm in April 2023, as a Partner for the Commercial team. I enjoy helping clients thrive, develop and build relationships while seeking to protect their assets, people and reputations. To provide the best advice possible, I really get to know my clients and their businesses inside-out. I am interested in them and what they seek to achieve – and I want to be alongside them in that journey, as a sounding board and confidante alongside a solicitor. My specialisms include commercial supply contracts for goods and services, research collaborations, procurement and commercial advice on large-scale partnership projects and data protection and IP advice
HCR Law
Rebecca Warden
Principal Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Rhodri Glyn
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Richard Franklin
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Richard Green
Richard is a Partner and heads a team of solicitors who specialise in asbestos related disease compensation claims. His team assist those who suffer from mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer and pleural thickening. Richard continues to build strong relationships with hospitals and their nurses, and often is referred work because of this. The team is also a supporter of Mesothelioma UK and has paired up with them to host joint events. In the independent legal directory ‘The Legal 500’, Richard has been named as a next generation lawyer and is described as 'fantastic' and 'excellent at asbestos-related disease work'. Richard’s recent successes in asbestos claims include: £195k plus an indemnity for the defendant insurer to directly fund any future treatment required by Mr P relating to his diagnosis of mesothelioma £161k in a case on behalf of a mesothelioma sufferer who was exposed to asbestos when laundering her husband’s overalls which were contaminated with asbestos dust, and £243k in a case on behalf of a mesothelioma victim who suffered extensive asbestos exposure whilst working in a power station Richard is frequently invited to give lectures to respiratory medicine teams throughout the UK and has chaired a number of study days accredited by the Royal College of Nurses and Royal College of Physicians.
Hugh James
Richard Jones
Richard is a partner in the corporate and commercial teams based primarily in our Cardiff office and is a member of our Business Support & Insolvency Team. Richard deals with a broad range of corporate matters, including acquisitions, disposals, investments, shareholder and joint venture agreements and restructuring together with general corporate matters for a wide variety of clients including listed companies, venture-capital backed management teams, PLC’s, SME’s and owner-managed businesses. He is experienced in advising insolvency practitioners – typically administrators – in connection with their appointment and the eventual sale of insolvent businesses.
Blake Morgan LLP
Richard Locke
Richard is a Partner and an elected partner on the firm’s board of management. He is also Group Head of the ever expanding dispute resolution team at Hugh James. He conducts major commercial disputes frequently with an international flavour including commercial claims, mining disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, professional negligence claims, contentious IT disputes, injunctive relief and insolvency. Recent cases include; multi million pound international commercial contract dispute, advised on a complex multi million pound government agency IT dispute, recently successfully settled a commercial contract dispute for a waste management company against a local authority LAWDAC, regularly obtains interlocutory injunctive relief for some clients and headed a recent claim against a well known boxing promoter on behalf of the Millennium Stadium Plc. Richard is also an ADR Group accredited mediator.
Hugh James
Richard Macphail
Richard is an experienced property lawyer who predominantly acts for housing associations and developers in Wales and England in relation to their property development work. Richard is recognised in the Chambers and Legal 500 directories as a notable practitioner where he is described as ‘excelling in development work in the sector’. Richard has been the lead advisor on some of the largest and most innovative development projects to have taken place in Wales in recent years. He specialises in site acquisitions including package deals, golden brick agreements, section 106 schemes, development agreements, options and promotion agreements. Richard also acts for local authorities in relation to their portfolio management work. Richard is well known for quality of service and his ability to apply technical legal expertise with a practical and commercial focus. Richard regularly delivers training to clients and at conferences on matters relating to property development and disposals. He is also member of the business support group for the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Browne Jacobson LLP
Richard Moore
I advise UK-based and multi-national companies on all aspects of labour and employment law, with a particular focus on employment issues arising on corporate mergers and acquisitions and outsourcing transactions. I also advise on international employment law, regularly leading on large cross-border employment projects. I work across a wide range of sectors, including in the advertising & marketing, manufacturing, technology and pharmaceutical sectors.
Lewis Silkin
Richard Pitt
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Robert Jones
Medical Negligence Lawyer
Thompsons Solicitors LLP
Robin Havard
Robin specialises in regulatory and professional conduct work, acting for public and private companies and their directors, public sector organisations, and regulatory bodies. Robin has, for many years, acted on behalf of the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (and previously the Law Society) in the investigation and presentation of cases before the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal. This has involved the need to work extremely closely with lawyers within the Legal and Enforcement team at the SRA in Birmingham. Robin specialises in regulatory and professional conduct work, acting for public and private companies and their directors, public sector organisations, and regulatory bodies. Many of the cases in which Robin has been involved have been high profile and complex, to include compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation, corporate manslaughter and the regulation of the solicitors’, accountancy, and teaching professions. Significant experience Environmental Experience in all aspects of contentious matters involving Health and Safety Legislation and Environmental Law, advising and representing a wide range of both private and public Companies on compliance with Environmental Law and Health and Safety Legislation. This included the defence of prosecutions, conduct of Appeals against Prohibition, Improvement, and Enforcement Notices. Numerous cases were complex and high profile Involved in a programme of workshops and seminars on various topics relating to Health and Safety to include Management of Health and Safety, Directors responsibilities, Corporate Manslaughter, Crisis Management and other related topics Advises in relation to Critical Incident management and planning Regulatory Claims Direct – This case involved the prosecution of those involved in the formulation and subsequent demise of Claims Direct plc. The case was high profile, complex and document-heavy with Claims Direct at one stage prior to its liquidation being valued in excess of £700m. It involved liaison with the Treasury Solicitor who was prosecuting Mr Poole under the Company Directors Disqualification Act and the Investigators from the DTI. Robin collated all documents, dealt with disclosure, and prepared a 74-page Rule 5 Statement. The case was presented by Mark Cunningham QC and, at the end of a two-week trial; all allegations were found proved against Colin Poole, to include dishonesty, leading to Mr Poole being struck off. Tax and Legal Consultancy Limited This involved a case amounting to a pre-emptive ABS. At the conclusion of the contested Hearing at which the Respondents were represented, all allegations were found proved and the recognition of the firm was revoked by the SDT leading to the closure of the firm. Fuglers LLP Robin had conduct of the prosecution of Fuglers LLP and certain of its partners for the misuse of its client account, to enable Portsmouth F.C. to continue to trade despite the club’s own bank account having been frozen on a winding up petition being presented by HMRC. It led to the largest ever fines being imposed by the SDT which were recently upheld on appeal. Environmental Representing multi-national company in high-profile prosecution by EA following large oil spill in Severn Estuary, to include Crown Court hearing Acting in relation to claim valued at £300 million in respect of contaminated land remediation Representing multi-national company in a successful Appeal against an Improvement Notice concerning emissions from a newly-commissioned blast furnace, to include a two day contested hearing involving the Environment Agency Representing multi-national petro-chemical company in relation to a number of prosecutions arising out of pollution incidents throughout England and Wales, to include advocacy at prosecution hearing Providing advice and mitigation submissions in relation to numerous water pollution prosecutions for manufacturing industry clients, including a number of pollution incidents arising from multi-party errors during chemical loading and unloading operations Health & Safety Acting for HSE in a number of prosecutions arising out of fatalities in the workplace to include advising on charges, assisting with disclosure obligations, preparing Case Summaries, representation in Magistrates’ and Crown Courts and, on occasion, instructing Junior and Leading Counsel in the Crown Court Advising and providing support to HSE in relation to a corporate manslaughter investigation involving liaison in accordance with the joint protocol and attending meetings with Police, CPS and Leading Counsel, advising on the law and thereafter acting for HSE in prosecution of company leading to a successful conviction in the Crown Court Acting for HSE in a number of cases involving fatalities where causation has been at issue, advising them on the law and assisting with regard to collation of evidence leading to successful prosecutions in the Crown Court where causation has been established Transport sector, other public bodies or in Central Government Robin has also prosecuted on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive for a number of years, being involved in high-profile cases involving multiple fatalities and the prosecution of FTSE 250 Companies and their directors. Robin has also represented Chartered Accountants before Disciplinary and Appeals Committees of the ICAEW and public officials before the Public Services Ombudsman. Robin was recently appointed to sit as Legal Adviser to the Admissions and Licensing, Disciplinary, and Appeal Committees of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in London. Since 2000, Robin has sat as a fee-paid Employment Judge (England and Wales).
Blake Morgan LLP
Roman Kubiak
Roman Kubiak is a partner and head of the contested wills, trusts and estates team. Roman is responsible for formulating and implementing the department’s business strategy and day-to-day operations, in line with the firm’s overall strategy, alongside running a core caseload of complex, high value and cross-border will, trust and estate disputes. He has been integral to the growth and development of the department and his initiatives have seen it gain recognition as a top-ranked department for this type of work in the UK’s leading legal directories. Roman acts for high profile and high net worth individuals, financial institutions, professional trustees and executors and charities. Roman also manages the relationships with a number of our key clients, partners, introducers and professionals in the industry. He advises across the whole spectrum of private client litigation, with a particular focus on high value, complex and cross-border disputes including: trust disputes, breach of trust claims and applications to remove trustees; will disputes, particularly those with an international element; claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; and claims for equitable relief under proprietary estoppel, constructive trusts and resulting trusts. Roman has played a key role in developing the firm’s offering within the charities sector. He has experience of advising charity clients on contentious trust and probate matters including will disputes and claims for financial provision, construction claims and ex-gratia payment requests. Roman has advised the partner of a high profile celebrity with an estate valued at £100m+ in relation to a claim under the Inheritance Act, and associated application to seek interim relief, and to prove a lost will. He has also acted for the beneficiaries of a £120m Jersey-based trust with underlying companies in various jurisdictions, in claims for undue influence, breach of trust and to set aside transfers of overseas assets. Roman secured a positive settlement for a spouse in claims under the Inheritance Act, to set aside a will by reason of lack of capacity, lack of knowledge and approval and undue influence and by reason of a constructive trust involving assets split across England, France, Switzerland, Austria and Jersey. He has also acted for the claimant in a breach of trust claim valued at circa £2million in which the breaches span over 20 years. Roman successfully represented a farmer in relation to a claim over land under proprietary estoppel all the way to trial. Roman is a full member of STEP and ACTAPS, having successfully completed both diplomas. He is also a member of the Institute of Legacy Management and the Charity Law Association. He holds the STEP Advanced Certificates in Trust Disputes and Cross-Border Estates, receiving a distinction for the latter. Roman regularly comments on leading issues within the field of contested wills, trusts and estates. As well as providing seminars, webinars and legal updates to professionals, he authors a regular contentious probate update for the Law Society’s Private Client section. He has been quoted in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times, CityAM, The Telegraph, This is Money and yourmoney.com and has also appeared on radio.
Hugh James
Ron Burgess
Ron is Head of Employment, Pensions and Immigration group. He provides advice to trustees, corporate clients, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders in the pensions industry on a wide range of matters that involve pension schemes. Ron has wide ranging experience in providing pension-related advice on the implications of corporate restructurings, financing and re-financing, general corporate activities and conduct, insolvencies, mergers, benefit changes, pension scheme redesigns and mergers, pension scheme amendments, closures and winding-up and advice in respect of the Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund.
Blake Morgan LLP
Rosie Phillips
Associate
HCR Law
Rupert Thomas
Rupert is a commercial property specialist, handling sales, purchases and finance; commercial landlord and tenant; and residential and commercial development. He has a particular interest in easements and covenants. Prior to joining Acuity, Rupert has enjoyed a distinguished career in property law. He founded a respected Cardiff-based commercial firm, which later merged with a national firm at which Rupert remained as senior partner of the Cardiff office. Married with four grown-up daughters, Rupert is kept busy by six grandchildren and a Labrador. He is a keen sports fan and golfer, is a trustee of Llanrumney Hall Community Trust and is President of Cardiff Golf Club. Expertise: Commercial property Sales, purchases and finance Commercial landlord and tenant Residential and commercial development Easements and covenants Regularly acting for SIPPs and investors in investment property acquisitions Portfolio management, lease renewals and advising on Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
Acuity Law
Sally Isaacs
Legal Director
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Sarah Jenkins
Senior Operations Manager
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Sarah Whittle
Sarah is a Legal Director in the Cardiff Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team with extensive experience of advising public sector and private clients on a wide range of commercial and public law disputes, in particular judicial reviews, public procurement disputes and disputes concerning intellectual property rights. Sarah’s practice areas cover a wide range of commercial and contractual disputes including those relating to procurements challenges, breaches of contract and intellectual property issues. Sarah has vast experience of advising public sector clients in relation the defence of challenges to their decisions by way of judicial review. Sarah also has experience in dealing with public inquiries work and Court of Protection work. Sarah has represented a wide range of clients in her practice. Having spent nine months on secondment to the Department of Health and further time on secondment to a private finance company advising on their litigation policy, Sarah is ideally placed to advise both public and private sector clients on a wide range of commercial disputes. She receives repeat instructions from NHS England, local authorities, local health boards and the Welsh Ministers alongside private companies, such as large cosmetics brands, motor franchises, Universities, finance institutions and industrial companies. Public sector work and Judicial review Advising all seven Health Boards in Wales in relation to a judicial review claim challenging their application of legislation concerning the funding of nursing care in private care homes. This claim was appealed to the Supreme Court, who gave their own view on the interpretation of the legislation and Sarah continued to assist the Health Boards in the implementation of the judgment. Representing NHS England in relation to various judicial review applications made against it challenging the application of their policies. Representing NHS England in relation to a challenge brought to the methodology used for the re-procurement of orthodontic services across England. Advising a Primary Care Trust in relation to judicial review proceedings and injunctive relief concerning the outsourcing of services and advising as to the best way to manage the various stakeholders’ interests. This included ongoing advice as to the subsequent procurement of services. Representing the Adjudication Panel for Wales in judicial review proceedings brought against the Panel for the review of a decision made by a Case Tribunal, an unprecedented challenge in Wales. Representing NHSE england in relation to a challenge brought against a refusal to fund drugs pursuant to an Individual Funding Request. Representing an Ombudsman in relation to judicial review proceedings brought against it seeking reviews from the Ombudsman of decisions taken by third parties. This required an extensive understanding of the statutory limitations of the Ombudsman scheme and ensuring that the judicial review system was not misused by Claimants seeking to appeal third parties’ decisions via judicial review proceedings against a public body. Representing the Trust Special Administrators of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust in relation to a judicial review challenge made to the acceptance of their recommendations to the Secretary of State for Health to dissolve Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. Representing a University Health Board in respect of judicial review proceedings issued to challenge its decision to close inpatient beds due to safety concerns and successfully defending these proceedings. Public Procurement Representing NHS England in relation to several challenges brought to the re-procurement of orthodontic services across England and resolving the majority at a pre action stage. Defending the fully litigated cases arising out of the orthodontic procurement, such as Accessible Orthodontics v NHS Commissioning Board [2020] EWHC 785 (TCC) and Braceurself Ltd v NHS England [2020] P.T.S.R. 1611, [2022] EWNC 1532 (TCC) and [2022] EWHC 2348 (TCC). The case of Braceurself Ltd v NHS England involved complex areas of procurement law, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and general EU Treaty principles and dealing with arguments previously untested in the courts. We were ultimately successful in arguing that no damages were due to the Claimant in the proceedings and that the Claimant’s claim for damages should be dismissed. Advising a multinational diagnostic services company in several procurement challenges brought by it, including issuing proceedings and resolving the challenges through settlement. Advising Welsh Government on procurement issues arising out of procurement exercises run by it. Regularly advising on complex legal issues arising in procurement litigation including confidentiality of third party documents, confidentiality rings and split trials. Advising an incumbent supplier of services at a treatment centre on and during a simultaneous procurement challenge to and judicial review of a contracting authority’s published ITT documentation during a procurement process. Advising a global diagnostics provider on procurement policy and issues. Advising on rights and protection of confidential information in relation to procurement challenges issued by unsuccessful bidders Advising contracting authorities on a number of challenges including issues of unequal treatment, discrimination and a lack of transparency. Advising contracting authorities and economic operators on the effect of the automatic suspension and the merits of opposing/making an application for it to be lifted. Advising clients on a variety of contractual and procurement issues arising from frameworks, procured contracts or call-offs. Intellectual Property Representing a major cosmetics company in relation to a claim under the Comparative Advertising Directive Representing the Eisteddfod Genedlathol Frenhi concerning a dispute arising over copyright licences for their performances. Advising the UK market leader in the manufacture and distribution of industrial, commercial, and residential ventilation concerning patent infringement Advising a UK start up design company regarding patent and design protection and exploitation. Representing the Welsh Government concerning their intellectual property in a former brand used by one of their divisions and representing Welsh Government in the proceedings in the Company Names Tribunal. Representing a University’s product development arm regarding issues and disputes arising over the intellectual property in products they assisted to third parties to design and develop. General litigation Advising a client within the motor industry as regarding the ownership of vehicles sold to a company involved in fraudulent activities with finance companies and successfully representing their case in the Court of Appeal Seconded to a private finance company to develop their in house litigation procedure and manage their in house litigation team. Advising an NHS trust on a claim brought against them by a consultant for outstanding payment and successfully defending the claim that the consultant was entitled to an hourly rate, which included advising on issues arising out of requests made for information under the Freedom of information Act. Advising an NHS trust as to the recovery of monies fraudulently obtained by a member of staff who had submitted false claims for payment Advising on a high value, multi party contractual dispute concerning liability for negligence and nuisance
Blake Morgan LLP
Scott Keddle
Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Sean Chapman James
Sean is an associate within our Real Estate team in Cardiff. Sean graduated with a law degree from the University of Reading in 2013 and completed the Legal Practice Course at Cardiff University in 2014. Sean joined Acuity in April 2023 having previously worked at Blake Morgan LLP in both their Cardiff and London offices. Sean acts for an array of clients based in the private and public sector, including private businesses and individuals, real estate investment firms, local authorities, Welsh Government and third sector organisations. Expertise: Commercial property freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals Asset/portfolio management Landlord and tenant Option agreements Development acquisitions and site set up Infrastructure agreements
Acuity Law
Shelley Evans
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Shelley Page
Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Shona Jenkins
Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP