Simon Fitzpatrick

Simon's practice covers a broad range of commercial litigation.

He is leader of the commercial litigation team and head of the arts group. He provides services to a range of clients including high net worth individuals and privately owned companies, recently advising on:

Corporate disputes

Contractual disputes

Claims for breach of warranty

Art law and art litigation

Professional negligence claims

Family business disputes

Commercial Agents Regulations

Misrepresentation claims

Partnership and Shareholder disputes

Debt recovery

Employment litigation

Proceedings based on the Hotel Proprietors Act

Property disputes

Much of Simon’s work is for international clients and involves working with lawyers in other jurisdictions to resolve commercial disputes both in this country and abroad. Boodle Hatfield is the London member of TAGLaw, a global alliance of high quality, independent law firms with more than 4,000 lawyers worldwide. Simon heads up our relationship with that network.

Simon has specialist knowledge of art law and art litigation including auction house misattribution, auction house negligence, authenticity and provenance claims.

Simon also has particular knowledge of the law relating to agrochemicals and the pesticide regulation system both in England and Europe and regularly advises clients on regulatory issues arising from the sale of pesticides.