Matthew Howarth

Matthew is a commercial litigator and the Practice Group Head for our litigation and regulatory teams.

With over 30 years’ experience, Matthew regularly advises on complex, commercial, high-value claims including contractual disputes, warranty claims, pensions disputes and professional negligence claims, where he has substantial experience in advising both corporate and private clients.

A member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association, Matthew has acted for a variety of lenders including Paragon Bank PLC, Paragon Development Finance Limited, Shawbrook Bank Limited, Nationwide Building Society and Santander plc in professional negligence claims against solicitors and valuers. His work includes claims about property development schemes, secured lending disputes and residential and buy-to-let mortgages, concluding cases at trial and mediations. He also has significant experience in group actions brought by lender clients and regularly advises at early stages of claims as to the merits and strategies of potential disputes.

Matthew has both executed search and seizure orders and defended clients that have been served with them. He has further acted as a court-appointed supervising solicitor on the execution of such orders by other solicitor firms.

He has additional significant experience in commercial fraud-related claims, acting for clients in high-value and complex litigation and working closely with our highly skilled corporate defence and compliance team.