Ceri Bater – Director and Solicitor
- Commercial and Civil Dispute Resolution
- Debt Recovery Services
- Financial Services Litigation
- Professional Negligence
- Employment Law
John has extensive experience in resolving commercial disputes, having worked at one of the world’s leading international law firms. He has represented a wide range of clients from multi-national investment banks and Premier League football clubs to small businesses and individuals.
He always focuses on obtaining the best commercial outcome for his clients and often achieves this through early negotiation or mediation. Sometimes disputes require a determination by a court and he has represented clients in the County Court, High Court (Administrative, Queen’s Bench and Chancery Divisions), Court of Appeal and the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500: “A ‘very capable litigator’, the ‘technically accomplished’ Watkins is noted for his ‘particular strength at handling professional negligence cases’.
John can assist with:
- Asset tracing
- Banking disputes
- Company, Director, Shareholder and Partnership disputes
- Competition
- Contractual disputes
- Debt Recovery
- Defamation
- Fraud
- Injunctions especially Freezing Orders but also Search Orders and other commercial injunctions
- Judicial Review
- Professional negligence
- Property disputes
Elaine Richardson – Consultant Solicitor
After starting her legal career in 1996, Elaine qualified as a solicitor in 2011 and also is experienced in resolving matters by mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Elaine has over 15 years’ litigation experience, specialising in professional negligence and fraud claims. Prior to joining Bater Law, Elaine worked at global law firm Eversheds Sutherland in the Financial Services Dispute Resolution department working with major financial institutions, assisting in the recovery of millions of pounds in damages. Elaine has regularly worked on large scale group actions which involve complex issues regarding insolvency and insurance coverage.
Elaine can assist you with:
- Professional negligence
- Fraud
- Financial services litigation
- Commercial dispute resolution
- Debt recovery
Nicola Caluan – Consultant Chartered Legal Executive
Nicola is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Legal Executives, qualifying in 2003. Nicola specialises in all aspects of litigation, gaining significant experience working for Eversheds LLP for 14 years in the Financial Services Dispute Resolution Team where she specialised in banking and financial services litigation (both unsecured and secured finance) on behalf of major financial companies. Her work involved every stage of the litigation process in addition to pre-litigation and post litigation (to include different methods of enforcement).
Reported Cases:
The work included some complex litigation with one case in particular being reported and remains as good authority on the question of capitalisation and securitisation [Santander -v- Harrison and Another [2013] EWHC 199 (QB) 7 February 2013].
Nicola can assist with:
- Debt recovery
- Breach of contract matters
- Dispute Resolution
- Financial Services litigation
- Professional Negligence
- Landlord & Tenant disputes including possession proceedings and enforcement
- Property litigation
Chrissie Monnelly – Legal Support/Paralegal
Chrissie provides full PA, paralegal and secretarial support to the Director and Consultant Solicitors. Chrissie assists in the smooth running of Bater Law on a day to day basis, with high levels of client service. Chrissie obtained a law degree from Cardiff University in 2012 and for almost 15 years has provided supported for solicitors in the Bristol and South Wales area, ranging from sole practitioners to international law firms, and everything in between. With a diverse background in many different areas of law, including Family, Matrimonial and Children Act, Employment, Corporate, Commercial, Litigation and Criminal, Chrissie can offer a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Bater Law Ltd work alongside other solicitor firms so that if they cannot assist with your query they have trusted partners who they have worked with for many years and can refer you to them with full confidence that they will look after you.