James Stephenson
Legal DirectorJames Stephenson is a legal director with the commercial litigation and dispute resolution team, based in the firm's Liverpool office.
James is an experienced commercial litigator with more than ten years’ experience in dealing with all forms of litigation and alternative dispute resolution and proceedings in all courts including the county court, high court and appeal courts.
He acts for both individuals and businesses across a wide range of industry sectors and is a member of Napthens’ manufacturing sector and leisure sector specialist teams.
James’ expertise covers contractual disputes, professional negligence claims, shareholder disputes, injunctive relief including freezing injunctions, sale of goods/supply of services disputes, commercial debt recovery and enforcement action and insolvency proceedings – both bankruptcy and winding-up proceedings.
He steers clients through the litigation process as smoothly as possible and always takes a commercial approach to disputes with a view to achieving the best possible outcome for a client whether they are claimant or defendant.
Experience
Recent cases include:
- Advising a limited company involved in large scale property development projects in relation to an alleged breach of contract claim valued at £9m
- Advising a client in relation to a claim against LPA receivers for negligence following the forced sale of land
- Advising two private individuals in relation to an appeal following an application by a french bank to register a french notarial deed in England as a judgement in the King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice
- Assisting a limited company in relation to a procurement challenge in respect of a tender process and subsequent contract valued at £20m
- Dealing with a limited company in relation to a £1.5m breach of contract claim
- Advising a limited company in respect of a claim valued at over £3m relating to the alleged breach of a share purchase agreement
- Advising an individual in respect of a professional negligence claim against their financial advisor in respect of negligent advice provided to them concerning onshore/offshore investment products and the tax implications arising
- Assisting a finance company in relation to the recovery of monies due under a facility agreement backed by personal guarantees and secured by way of legal charges over property
- Acting for a client, opposing a bankruptcy petition where the sums claimed to be due were in excess of £700,000 leading to a beneficial settlement of less than 10% of the amount initially claimed
- Advising a manufacturing company in respect of debts totalling £800,000 from a company to which it had supplied products resulting in a full recovery
Affiliations
- Member of the Law Society
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