‘Peter Blake and Michael Booth are an excellent team, with complimentary skills. Strong legal and client understanding combined with a keen work ethic.’ Legal 500 [UK 2024]
WORK SYNOPSIS:
Michael is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Dispute Resolution department, having initially joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2015.
Michael has wide-ranging practice, with cases ranging from small claims to multi-million-pound claims and appeals.
Michael also coordinates the firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and the provision of free (pro bono) legal advice, working closely with Suffolk Law Centre and Suffolk ProHelp.
EXPERTISE:
Michael’s areas of expertise include:
- Commercial disputes
- Construction
- Property disputes
- Technology
- Intellectual property
- Shipping and transport/logistics
- Probate disputes
- Debt recovery
PERSONAL SYNOPSIS:
Michael has been involved in the theatre since a very young age, initially as a performer but more recently in relation to the technical and stage management aspects of a production. Michael is a trustee of a local amateur dramatic society, with recent additional roles including acting as production manager and (deputy) stage manager for the society’s shows at the New Wolsey Theatre.
RECENT WORK:
- Representing claimants and defendants in personal and commercial disputes
- Acting for employers, contractors and subcontractors in construction disputes, including in adjudications and in proceedings in the Technology and Construction Court
- Working with administrators and executors in relation to disputes arising from the administration of estates
- Advising landlords and tenants on disputes, including disrepair and eviction
- Advising on intellectual property issues
- Acting for clients in disputes arising from the international transport of goods
