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Peter Ashford

Peter Ashford, Partner and partnership board member, head of Commercial Dispute Resolution

Telephone: 01892 506 113

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Peter is a solicitor with over 20 years litigation experience.  He has extensive arbitration exposure with an increasingly international aspect.  Familiar with all the major institutional rules he can guide clients through the maze of nuances in the rules and advise on the appropriate forum and procedure for dispute resolution.

Most recently he has managed a team of four at CHH acting for a international consortium against a global vehicle manufacturer.  Peter's client had a resounding victory on liability with damages being awarded in the region of £40m.

In addition Peter has wide ranging experience in relation to corporate recovery and insolvency. 

Peter is rated as a leading individual in commercial litigation in both Chambers Directory and the Legal 500.

Publications

 

  • Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration - October 2009 - for details click here 
  • Valuing the Rock - New Law Journal - May 2008
  • The Privilege Patchwork - European Lawyer - April 2008
  • Audit Letters - Solicitors Journal - March 2008  (Read here)   
  • In-house Lawyers Advice and Privilege - Pharmaceutical Law Insight - February 2008
  • Documentary Discovery and International Commercial Arbitration - American Review of International Arbitration - December 2007
  • Limitation of Liability - Commercial Litigation Journal - March/April 2007
  • Expert Determination - Commercial Litigation Journal - September/October 2006
  • Plain English and Statutory Construction - Commercial Litigation Journal - July/August 2006
  • Season of Goodwill, the Lawyer, 14 November 2005 (Read here
  • Balancing Act, Law Society's Gazette, 19 May 2005
  • Liable For Change, Managing Partner, 10 April 2005 (Read here
  • Members Only, The Lawyer, 8 November 2004 (Read here)