Kelly Whittaker
Director | Bristol
"Kelly Whittaker punches well above her weight for someone of her PQE – excellent knowledge of the CPR and manages large and complex cases very well."
The Legal 500, 2024
Call: 0345 404 4136 Mobile: 0797 666 2788
About Kelly
Kelly Whittaker is a Director in the firm’s Dispute Resolution team and Head of the firm’s Legal Data Analytics department.
Kelly is an experienced commercial litigator noted for her experience on complex high-value commercial and financial disputes ranging from general contract and tort claims to more specialist issues. She has been praised for her ability to “get to the heart of the issue in a matter of minutes not months”.
Having worked in industry before embarking on a legal career, Kelly has firsthand experience of the commercial realities clients face and is adapt at helping clients navigate these issues behind the scenes. This sees many of her disputes resolved at an early juncture using alternative dispute resolution methods such as mediation.
Kelly is recognised for her extensive experience of advising on professional negligence actions having acted on some of the largest negligence claims in the High Court within the last 10 years. Her experience in this area is broad and includes claims against solicitors, surveyors/valuers, financial advisors and brokers, actuaries, auditors, accountants and engineers.
Alongside her professional negligence expertise, Kelly has advised extensively on:
contract and supply chain disputes across a wide range of sectors (including retail, food and technology)
issues relating to the Grocery Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP)
director, shareholder and partnership disputes
warranty claims and other issues arising from corporate transactions
pensions disputes (acting for employers, trustees and representative members of occupational pension schemes)
Contact Kelly
Call: 0345 404 4136
Mobile: 0797 666 2788
Notable work & expertise
Recent Work
- Acting for a specialist lender in respect of the negligent valuation of a shopping centre as security on a £17M loan.
- Advising a lender in respect of professional negligence claims against its monitoring surveyor in relation to two major developments valued in excess of £50M and in relation to work purportedly carried out during the Covid lockdown in 2020.
- Acting for a fund in a surveyor negligence claim regarding the overvaluation of two neighbouring mansions which stood as security for a £30m bridge-to-sell loan.
- Acting in claims against a pension scheme’s former actuarial and legal advisors for errors committed in the closure of a defined benefit scheme to future accrual and in implementing other changes.
Recent Work
- Advising a lender in respect of professional negligence claims against its monitoring surveyor in relation to two major developments valued in excess of £50M and in relation to work purportedly carried out during the Covid lockdown in 2020.
- Advising a Hedge Fund in relation to a partnership dispute between its members including in relation to disclosure and the deployment of Technology Assisted Review in circumstances where the Fund’s document universe consisted of multi-millions of documents.
- Advising administrators in relation to a Norwich Pharmacal Order.
- Advising a Dutch Investment Fund on the interpretation of and potential claims arising out of a Dutch prepared Facility Agreement containing an English law and jurisdiction clause.
- Represented individual FCA regulated directors in claims made against them for dishonest assistance and unlawful means conspiracy including attending mediation as the client’s lead legal representative.
Advising a leading supermarket on a High Court claim concerning GSCOP and breach of contract relating to the de-listing of a supplier
Acting for a leading beverage maker on supply chain issues (including breach of contract and force majeure provisions)
Advising on food regulatory and risk management issues in relation to the introduction of a new (quasi-regulated) product into the UK market
Breach of warranty claim in relation to a pie manufacturing business
Testimonials
"Kelly Whittaker is an excellent litigator who is building up extensive experience of professional negligence actions – she operates well above he...
The Legal 500, 2024
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