Olivia Duncan

Practice Areas

Olivia is an associate in the dispute resolution team at B P Collins, where she practices civil and criminal litigation.

In civil litigation Olivia’s primary area of practice is commercial litigation, largely focussed on contractual disputes and construction disputes. Olivia has worked with a wide variety of clients, ranging from international organisations to individual consumers. Olivia offers bespoke assistance to each client, aiming to identify each client’s objectives and provide commercial, straightforward legal advice, helping clients to achieve their best outcome.

In criminal practice, Olivia works on all types of criminal litigation, both defending those accused and representing victims of crime. At what can be a highly stressful time for the client, Olivia provides direct and pragmatic legal advice tailored to each client’s specific circumstances, offering support from beginning to end of the matter.

Experience

Civil litigation

Olivia has experience advising on a range of commercial and construction disputes concerning breach of contract, consumer protection issues, and debt recovery; as well as claims arising from defective building and remedial works.

Olivia acts for claimants and defendants in pre-action and all stages of litigation in the High Court and County Court.

Criminal litigation

In the Magistrates’ Court Olivia has advocated on behalf of a number of clients, dealing with an assortment of criminal allegations; from offering pleas in mitigation for a road traffic offence, to defending racially aggravated assault.

Olivia has worked on a number of victims’ rights matters, advising clients in relation to their concerns regarding the actions of various police forces (namely, the Thames Valley Police and the Metropolitan Police).

Olivia also advises on higher education providers’ disciplinary procedures, HMRC investigations, and FCA investigations.