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Provided by Julia Norris
Litigation
Professional Negligence
Financial Services and Tax Claims
Julia Norris is the Managing Partner of FS Litigation’s specialist commercial litigation and professional negligence practice.
About
• With over 20 years' litigation experience, Julia is ranked in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK where she is noted as an ‘excellent litigator’, ‘first class’ , ‘a superb lawyer’, and ‘one of the very best in the business’.
• Julia specialises in high-value, complex, multi-party professional negligence disputes, often involving national law firms, financial institutions, tax advisers, accountants and other professionals.
• With a Band 1 ranking in Chambers & Partners in Professional Negligence, Julia has considerable experience of multi-million-pound claims concerning failed tax planning and investments. She is also often instructed in negligence claims against other firms of solicitors, most notably in respect of badly handled corporate transactions.
• Julia trained at Wacks Caller, qualified at Pannone LLP and became a Partner of FS Legal in 2014 before founding the specialist and dedicated litigation-only firm, FS Litigation.
• In the Matter of Hartley Pensions Limited (In Administration):
Representing respondents in a £40M claim within a Part 8 application involving £1.3BN of pension assets.
• Halsall v Champion Consulting Ltd:
Represented the claimants in a widely reported £6M tax scheme negligence case.
• Anthony Barness & Ors v Formation Group Plc & Ors
Representing one of over 150 defendants in a major multi-party, multi-million-pound claim.
• £6m Negligence Claim:
Advising the Claimants in a £6M negligence claim against their former solicitors arising from a £15m corporate SPA transaction.
• £15m Claim against Qubic Tax
Advising the Claimants on a £15M claim against tax promoter, Qubic Tax Limited, and an accountancy firm in connection with a failed tax scheme. Also advising on a negligence claim against former Counsel and solicitors related to both tax and litigation advice.
• £13m Tax Schemes Claim
Advising the Claimants on a £13M claim against tax promoters and accountants in connection with multiple failed tax schemes and a negligence claim against former solicitors.
Provided by Chambers
Julia Norris is a partner and co-founder of FS Litigation Solicitors, based in Manchester. In addition to her professional negligence practice, Julia is an experienced all-round commercial litigator.
Provided by Chambers
Julia always demonstrates total professionalism, along with an immense level of tenacity in her efforts to bring litigation to a successful conclusion.
Julia is one of the pre-eminent lawyers with insurance professional negligence, tax and mis-selling type claims.
Julia is charming and understands the negotiation process better than many.
She's a superb lawyer.
Julia Norris is an exceptional lawyer; I was fully confident in her ability to get a positive outcome. Julia could explain details in simple terms for me at every stage.
Julia Norris is tenacious, impressive and commercial. She has been very professional.
Julia Norris is highly experienced and switched-on in her field.
Julia always demonstrates total professionalism, along with an immense level of tenacity in her efforts to bring litigation to a successful conclusion.
Julia is one of the pre-eminent lawyers with insurance professional negligence, tax and mis-selling type claims.
Julia is charming and understands the negotiation process better than many.
She's a superb lawyer.
Julia Norris is an exceptional lawyer; I was fully confident in her ability to get a positive outcome. Julia could explain details in simple terms for me at every stage.
Julia Norris is tenacious, impressive and commercial. She has been very professional.
Julia Norris is highly experienced and switched-on in her field.