Practice:
Commercial
Banking & Financial Services
Professional Negligence
Insolvency
Sports Law
Litigation and advisory work is undertaken by Hugh in the following areas of practice:
Commercial
- Contract
- Sale and supply of goods
- Corporate disputes (unfair prejudice petitions and derivative actions)
- Partnership disputes
- Insurance
- Restraint of trade
- Breach of confidence
- Consumer credit
- Passing off
Professional Negligence & indemnity
- Liability of and indemnity for:
- Accountants, including insolvency practitioners and auditors
- Financial advisors
- Surveyors
- Solicitors
- Barristers
- Patent agents
Banking & Financial Services
All aspects of asset recovery for and against banks and individuals, financial services regulatory field
Insolvency
- Corporate insolvency
- Shareholder disputes
- Directors’ rights and duties
- Personal insolvency
- Directors' disqualification.
Sports Law
- Appearing before sports tribunals
- Contractual disputes
- Corporate and shareholder disputes
- Compensation claims relating to players and disciplinary proceedings
- Acting for and against football clubs, rugby clubs, hockey clubs and golf clubs.