Sarah is head of the Commercial Disputes department.
Sarah specialises in the following:
Banking and Finance Litigation including:
- All types of Finance Agreements
- Factoring
- Guarantee claims
- Fraud claims
- Consumer Credit
- Recoveries and Enforcement
Pensions disputes
Professional Negligence:
- Claims against Solicitors, Accountants, Auditors, Surveyors, Architects and Financial Advisors
- Claims against Compensation Fund
- Acted in leading case on breach of fiduciary duty (Swindle -v- Harrison)
Commercial Litigation:
- Company and Shareholder Disputes
- Fraud claims
- Commercial Contracts
- Partnership disputes
Sarah has extensive experience in dealing with High Court Actions. Cases of note are:
- Bradford & Bingley Building Society -v- Hayes and Dunphy's
- VFS Financial Services (UK) Limited –v- Hennellys Limited
- Lighthousecarrwood plc –v- Luckett
- Ross –v- Stonewood Securities Limited
Legal 500 2011
The ‘very client-focused’ Sarah Perry heads a five-partner practice at Wright Hassall LLP, which acts for names such as Tumble Tots (UK), British Showjumping and Futures Housing Group. The team’s current workload includes three cases in the Court of Appeal, and ongoing international arbitrations in Hong Kong and Geneva.
Background
Sarah graduated from Wolverhampton and was a Sweet & Maxwell Law Prize winner. She trained at Wright Hassall, qualifying in 1991 and becoming a partner in 1998.
Interests
Skiing, theatre and reading.
