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  • Ground Rent Escalation Clauses & Ground Rent Doubling Every 25 Years
    November 29, 2016
    Ground Rent escalation clauses in residential Leases-was my solicitor negligent? There has been recent publicity about Ground Rent escalation clauses in residential Leases and the shocking […]
  • The Court Fee Hike: A Walk along a Dangerous Path-the Road to Abuse of Process and Strike Out
    January 12, 2016
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    November 7, 2015
    Even though part of a solicitor’s job is to sue, it does not make him or her immune from being sued in their professional capacity. A […]
  • Litigation Solicitor Middlesbrough.
    September 30, 2015
    Immediate Vacancy-Litigation Solicitor for Professional Negligence Claims required in Middlesbrough. We are looking for a motivated and energetic LITIGATION LAWYER with a good academic background. An […]
  • What Does ‘Time Barred’ Mean?
    September 4, 2015
    If you have discovered that a claim your solicitor was pursuing on your behalf has been ‘time barred’, you may be wondering what this means, exactly, […]
  • Law Firm of the Year-Professional Liability-United Kingdom
    September 9, 2014
    2014 Global 100 Awards Winner: We are proud to announce that we have been appointed winners in the Global 100 Awards 2014 and have been successful […]
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    September 9, 2014
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  • Should applying Denton, Decadent and Utilise to Mitchell really produce any different result?!
    July 21, 2014
    In Mitchell v News Group Newspapers Ltd 2013 the Client or the Solicitor potentially lost half a million pounds by a retrospectively imposed sanction for failing […]
  • If Davies v Liberty Place was an ingenious Mitchell buster has it been torpedoed by Denton v White?
    July 10, 2014
    In Paul Dean Davies V Liberty Place (Sheepcote Street) Management Co (2014) Leggatt J found an apparently ingenious way to get round the obvious draconian effects […]
  • Northern Litigation Law Firm of the Year 2014
    April 24, 2014
    We are proud to announce that we have been appointed winners in the Acquisition International Magazine M & A Awards 2014 and have been successful as […]
  • Professional Liabilty Law Firm of the year in England 2014
    January 13, 2014
    2014 Corporate Intl Global Awards Winner We are very pleased to announce that Matthew Wilkinson Solicitors have been selected as the Winner of the Corporate Intl […]
  • 2013 International Global Law Experts Award Winner
    August 7, 2013
    We are pleased to announce that we have been successful in the 2013 International Global Law Experts Awards, winning the Award for ‘Professional Liability Rising Star […]
  • ‘Northern Litigation Law Firm of the Year’ (2013)
    June 8, 2013
    Our continuing success and achievements have recently been recognised with our selection in the  M&A Magazine 2013 Legal Awards as Winner of the ‘Northern Litigation Law […]
  • ‘Professional Liability Rising Star of the Year in England’ (2013)
    April 4, 2013
    Matthew Wilkinson’s expertise and success has been recently recognised with its selection as Winner of the 2013 Corporate Intl Magazine Legal Award ‘Professional Liability Rising Star […]
  • Under Settlements
    September 4, 2012
    These are the compromise or settlement of disputes, claims and litigation pursuant to or in reliance upon erroneous legal advice where the outcome is significantly below […]
  • Title Indemnity Insurance-the Devil is in the details
    May 22, 2011
    The widespread availability of Title Indemnity Insurance at modest cost has changed the face of modern conveyancing. These days it is common for the Conveyancer faced […]
  • The Legal Ombudsman-risks and pitfalls.
    March 4, 2011
    The Legal Ombudsman has now taken over all new complaints against legal professionals for individuals and small businesses. There is a link to its website in […]
  • no win no fee nightmare
    January 28, 2011
    The contemplated new ‘no win no fee’ funding landscape post the Jackson review could really end up being a nightmare for Claimants and their lawyers. Although […]

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    Matthew Wilkinson BA MPNLA

    • Degree BA Hons (Law) 1980

    • William Hutton Law Prize 1981

    • Admitted as a Solicitor October 1983

    • Member of the Law Society and the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association.

    • Trained with family firm (Father and Grandfather were Solicitors)

    • Solicitor and then Partner in family firm 1983-1991

    • Set up Matthew Wilkinson Solicitors 1991

    • Deputy Coroner District of North East North Yorkshire 1988-1996

    • Acting Coroner North East North Yorkshire 1996- 2000 (District closed)

    Extensive experience in a broad range of contentious and non-contentious legal work for individuals and businesses. First became interested in claims against Solicitors in 1986 and has over 25 years experience in Professional Negligence claims against Solicitors and other lawyers. Having specialised in this area of work, he has built up a niche practice, which he finds interesting and challenging, at the same time as giving him the opportunity to help people with difficult problems, which arise when they have been let down by a previous Solicitor or other lawyer.

    Interests

    • The Law and helping people.

    • Football and cricket supporter

    Matthew says “I enjoy using the law in challenging situations to help people achieve a just result regardless of the apparent strength or resources of the opposition.”

    Jahan Zand LLB

    • From Middlesbrough

    • Degree LLB Hons (Law and Politics)   2007

    • Member of the Law Society

    • Joined Matthew Wilkinson June 2009

    • Trained with Matthew Wilkinson 2009-2012

    • Admitted as a Solicitor March 2012

    • Experience gained in training with property, probate, family, general litigation and Professional Negligence. Since admission is now mainly handling Professional Negligence cases

    Interests

    • Japanese language and animation