Covid-19: When parties are unable to perform their contractual obligations
April 02, 2020
Emyr Kerfoot
Specialist in Commercial Contracts, Dispute Resolution
& Commercial Litigation and Insolvency & Corporate Recovery
Specialist in Commercial Contracts Dispute Resolution & Commercial Litigation and Insolvency & Corporate Recovery
Emyr trained with Pinsent Masons in Leeds and qualified in 2004. He acts for a broad range of clients including large companies, owner-managed businesses, financial and technology companies as well as individual clients.
Emyr has advised both national and international clients across a broad spectrum of industries and sectors. He always adopts a commercial approach and has many years’ experience. His specialist areas are:
- Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Corporate and Personal Insolvency
- Professional negligence claims
- Partnership and shareholder/director disputes
- Injunctive Relief
- Commercial Law & Contractual Matters
Emyr advises clients across a wide variety of matters, including shareholder and partnership disputes, general contractual, commercial and property disputes, and also professional negligence matters. In addition, Emyr regularly advises on insolvency matters, both corporate and personal. He has extensive experience of conditional fee agreements, and the funding of litigation generally.
He was listed, along with team member Alex Collett, in the Legal 500 2021 directory, with comments including:
‘I love how they communicate to me like they work with me, and not just cursory letters. We have open, honest and frequent conversations on matters, and those are very valuable. It’s nice to be able to pop in when driving past.’
‘Emyr Kerfoot is a very able commercial litigator with a wide client base. Other members of the team include Alex Collett who has a first-rate understanding of commercial litigation. Both are result-orientated and their clients benefit greatly from this.’
‘Emyr Kerfoot is the standout person in the team who is very personable, professional and an expert in his field.’
‘Emyr Kerfoot is extremely diligent, courteous and very knowledgeable in the sector with access to the right counsel for court work. Alex Collett is very on the ball and it is clear at meetings that she is fully prepared and efficient.’
