Matthew Simmonds
Solicitor
Swithchboard: +44 (0)1782 205 000
Secretary: Sara Staples
Practice areas
Matthew is a member of Beswicks’ dispute resolution team and has several years’ experience in a wide range of commercial dispute resolution, having qualified as a solicitor in 2002. He trained with a multi-national law firm, working with them for 7 years before returning to his Staffordshire roots in 2006.
Matthew handles cases in the County Court, High Court and Court of Appeal on matters ranging from boundary disputes to injunctive relief in multi-million pound property portfolio transactions. He has particular experience in banking litigation, acting for lenders such as banks and building societies in the enforcement of their security and in insurance litigation, recovering losses in all areas of insured risk.
Specialisms
- Breach of contract claims
- Intellectual property disputes
- Banking litigation
- Insurance litigation
- Property disputes
- Professional negligence
- Contentious probate matters
- Debt recovery advice
Notable cases
- Defending a trade libel action before the High Court
- Representing a market leader in a claim for breach of unregistered design rights in the High Court
- The preservation of a considerable property portfolio via High Court injunction.
Other professional
- Post-graduate diploma in General Litigation from Nottingham Law School
- Honorary Solicitor to Stoke-on-Trent Citizens Advice Bureau
Personal
- Has a passion for travel and recently travelled throughout South East Asia, including spending 2 months working in an orphanage in Thailand teaching English and coaching football
- Keen football supporter and Stoke City FC season ticket holder
- Enjoys the great outdoors and hill-walking with his family.
