People: Dispute resolution

Oliver Jackson

Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Oliver advises clients on a wide range of commercial disputes and on insolvency.

Oliver is a specialist in insolvency litigation. He advises companies and individuals on all aspects of insolvency and regularly acts for creditors and insolvency practitioners both in relation to the protection and realisation of assets.  This work has included tracing claims and claims against directors. Oliver also advises in relation to directors disqualification.

Oliver has special interest in logistics disputes, including transport, freight forwarding and distribution.  He also advises on agency and franchise agreements, restraint of trade covenants and product liability. Oliver is also experienced in obtaining injunctions for the preservation and recovery of assets.
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Tel: 01932 590500
Fax: 01932 590220
E-mail: oliver.jackson@mundays.co.uk

Education
University of Nottingham

Professional Associations
The Law Society

Magnus Jardine-Brown

Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Magnus has experience in general dispute resolution, for both commercial and private clients. He has special interest in franchising as well as consumer and trade disputes.

Tel: 01932 590500
Fax: 01932 590220
E-mail: magnus.jardine-brown@mundays.co.uk

Education
University of St Andrews
College of Law, York

Professional Associations
The Law Society

Joseph Kean - Partner

Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Joseph became a solicitor in 1990 and remained with Frere Cholmeley, where he had trained, until its merger with Eversheds in London in 1998.  He became a partner at Eversheds in 2001 and joined Mundays in 2009.  He has throughout his career practised in commercial litigation and arbitration, working in a wide variety of industry sectors.  Some examples of the work which he has done more recently are given below:

 - acting for a major distributor of luxury jewelry in a variety of disputes including distributorship contracts and other matters

- dealing with several sets of proceedings in the aviation field including engineering and leasing disputes and the recovery of aircraft and parts

 - acting for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd in two major and lengthy sets of proceedings concerning contracts with foreign nuclear power plant operators for the reprocessing of their spent fuel at Sellafield

- acting both for and against defendants in professional negligence proceedings involving accountants, lawyers, valuers and surveyors

- and in many sets of complex international proceedings involving issues of foreign law and practice, jurisdiction and priority of proceedings

Tel: 01932 590500
Fax: 01932 590220
E-mail: joseph.kean@mundays.co.uk

Education
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Professional Associations
The Law Society

Nick Martyn

Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Nick advises and represents a broad range of both corporate and private clients in all areas of commercial and residential property dispute resolution.  This includes advising on commercial lease disputes and tenancy issues, dilapidations, restrictive covenants, statutory obligations, forfeiture and possession actions. 

Nick has also undertaken work in niche areas of property litigation and has advised clients on leasehold enfranchisement matters, including compulsory acquisition actions and developers on their obligations under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 relating to tenants’ right of first refusal. 

Tel: 01932 590500
Fax: 01932 590220
E-mail: nick.martyn@mundays.co.uk

Education
University of Exeter
College of Law

Professional Associations
The Law Society

Present Activities
Nick has worked in and regularly visits India and is committed to developing relationships with Indian partner law firms and clients.

Fiona McAllister – Partner

Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Fiona is head of the Dispute Resolution Department which incorporates within it the firm’s Employment Law Unit. Fiona has many years experience of dealing with commercial and private disputes.

Fiona particularly deals with disputes between shareholders and partners, warranty claims and on breach of restrictive covenants. She has a post graduate diploma in advanced legal practice taken in the specialist field of employment law, and practices in both contentious and non-contentious aspects of this area of law, advising primarily corporate clients and senior executives.

Fiona is listed in the Legal 500 as an employment lawyer having a “top reputation”  as a recommended lawyer for Commercial Litigation

Tel: 01932 590500
Fax: 01932 590220
E-mail: fiona.mcallister@mundays.co.uk

Education
University of Nottingham

Professional Associations
Member of Institute of Directors
Member of Employment Lawyers Association
Member of The Institute of Employment Rights
The Law Society

Stephen Morris – Partner

Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Stephen heads the Property Disputes team, which deals with a broad range of issues arising from the ownership, letting and occupation of commercial and residential property. His aim is to work closely with businesses and private clients to identify their objectives and strive to achieve them in the most appropriate and cost-effective manner, whether through litigation or negotiation. Stephen is a trained mediator.

Stephen also deals with disputes in respect of wills, probate and trusts and advises on professional negligence claims arising out of his specialist practice areas.

Tel: 01932 590500
Fax: 01932 590220
E-mail: stephen.morris@mundays.co.uk

Education
University of Manchester
College of Law, London

Professional Associations
Property Litigation Association
The Law Society

Chris Murphy

Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Chris joined the firm in December 2007.

Chris undertakes a broad range of civil litigation as part of Mundays’ Dispute Resolution team, and undertakes civil advocacy.

Tel: 01932 590500
Fax: 01932 590220
E-mail: christopher.murphy@mundays.co.uk

Education
University of York
College of Law, Chester

Professional Associations
The Law Society

James O'Flinn - Partner

Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
James specialises in handling commercial disputes including matters involving Intellectual Property, IT, franchising and  defamation.  James has a postgraduate diploma in commercial intellectual property.

A keen sportsman, he has a particular interest in all sports law related affairs, including contract disputes and sponsorship. James also has a postgraduate diploma in sports law from Kings College University, London.

Tel: 01932 590500
Fax: 01932 590220
E-mail: james.oflinn@mundays.co.uk

Education
Nottingham Trent University
Kings College University, London
College of Law, Guildford
Middlesex University

Professional Associations
The British Association for Sport and Law
Associate Member of The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
The Law Society

Present Activities
James has written for a number of publications on a wide range of aspects of commercial disputes.
James represents the firm at football and cricket and maintains an active interest in many other sports.

James Picknell

Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
James specialises in commercial and residential property litigation, dealing with business lease renewals, dilapidations and possession claims, neighbour disputes and nuisance claims. In addition, he handles other contractual disputes, including debt recovery on behalf of clients.

Tel: 01932 590500
Fax: 01932 590220
E-mail: james.picknell@mundays.co.uk

Education
University of West of England, Bristol

Professional Associations
The Law Society