Anthony Field

Anthony Field trained at Rosenblatt, becoming a partner  in 2008 in  the firm’s Dispute Resolution department.  Anthony has extensive experience of commercial disputes, company/shareholder disputes, banking disputes   and negligence claims (including professional negligence).   Anthony also has extensive experience in property and landlord/tenant disputes, including, breach of covenants, forfeiture, withholding consent, lease renewals and dilapidations.

 Anthony regularly advises on issues of insolvency and acts on behalf of office holders in relation to their appointments (both out of court and by court application) and advising on various matters arising out of the insolvency, including increasing the insolvent estate, the validity of creditors claims, disclaimers of leases and directors’ conduct.

 Anthony’s recent cases include: acting for a claimant in a claim against a leading bank which resulted in a multi million pound settlement shortly before trial; acting for a shareholder of a joint venture company claiming unfair prejudice ([2008] EWHC 2810 (Ch,)[2009] EWHC 1362 (Ch), [2010] EWHC 3334 (Ch) and [2011] EWHC 1370 (Ch)); advising a bank in relation to enforcement of its security against certain of its customers within the Dawnay Day group; acting for an outgoing tenant and successfully negotiating a substantial reduction to the landlord’s dilapidations claim; acting for administrators in opposing an application to remove them from office and subsequent applications dealing with the conduct of the administration; obtaining summary judgment for Seymour Pierce Limited in a claim against the owners of Birmingham City FC ([2010] EWHC 676 (QB)); obtaining summary judgment for a private equity company against its main investor who unilaterally decided not to comply with any future calls for investment funds ([2010] EWHC 2841 (QB)); acting for a private equity company in seeking injunctive relief and damages against management directors of an investment company who attempted to sabotage the business; acting for a group of investors in an Enterprise Zone Scheme syndicate in relation to alleged negligent advice regarding the initial investment; advising Express Newspapers in relation to The Leveson Inquiry.