Matt Peacock

Commercial litigation / fraud

• Slater & Gordon LLP on a GBP 63m claim arising from its purchase of the former Quindell legal services business.
• Worldwide litigation over the tracing and ownership of assets worth approximately USD 1.5bn.
• ENRC in landmark proceedings brought by the Serious Fraud Office regarding legal professional privilege, and in claims against Dechert LLP.
• Lead associate on an indemnity claim relating to gear-up landings of commercial passenger aircraft.
• Lead associate on two judicial reviews related to the deployment of false evidence in support of applications for grants of planning permission.
• Lead associate for a supplier to identify the perpetrators of and recover losses from a large invoice redirection fraud.
• A commercial landlord in respect of substantial dilapidations to a luxury golf club and its Grade II listed manor house.
• Lead associate on a claim to halt alleged unlawful building works, and uncovering a series of fabrications and false evidence generated to justify those works.
• Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues [2013] EWCA Civ 669, a controversial decision later reversed by the Deregulation Act 2015.

Group actions

• Lead associate for a claimant in High Court proceedings relating to an alleged GBP 50m secret commission arrangement.
• The RBS Rights Issue Litigation for a large institutional and retail claimant group, relating to alleged misstatements by RBS in relation to its GBP 12bn rights issue.
• Pre-action for a well known plc, and a well known High Street retailer.