The Team

Edward Parkes

I am a dispute resolution solicitor with a background in both commercial litigation and private client disputes.

Areas of Expertise

Contentious Trusts
Estate & Trust Administration
Commercial Litigation
Civil Fraud & Asset Recovery
Group Litigation

Our Service

I am a dispute resolution solicitor with a background in both commercial litigation and private client disputes.

I act for high-net-worth individuals and families in trust and inheritance disputes. I also handle partnership disputes and trust claims arising in a business context, and many of my clients have disputes that straddle personal and business interests. I take a pragmatic, results-focused approach and work closely with my clients and their advisers to achieve commercial outcomes.

I have considerable experience acting for groups of private clients who have suffered investment losses and I am recognised as an expert in group litigation by Chambers and Legal 500. Before moving to Fladgate, I co-founded a firm which specialised in group-action work and I have been involved in some of the most important cases in this burgeoning area.

I have worked with (and acted for) third-party litigation funders and I can advise and assist clients with presenting their cases, navigating due diligence, and negotiating funding and insurance arrangements.

Experience

Successfully defending a businesswoman from a claim brought by her former husband in relation profits of the hedge-fund they established together

Acting for 6,000 commercial and private shareholders in a claim against the directors of a major retail bank for losses suffered as a result of the acquisition of a competitor during the Financial Crisis

Acting for the defendant in a US$1bn fraud claim in the Commercial Court

Representing well over 10,000 current and former employees in a major supermarket in their claim for equal pay

Acting for private investors in a professional negligence claim against surveyors and a private bank

Our People

Sarah
Haile

Head of Walgate Family Office Services
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Steven
Mash

Director of Business Strategy - Walgate Litigation Management, a division of Fladgate LLP
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